Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1016113

VANSANT MINE NO. 1, VANSANT MINE NO. 2, Vansant, VA: NPDES WV1016113 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

VANSANT MINE NO. 1, VANSANT MINE NO. 2, held by VANSANT COAL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WV1016113, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued November 5, 2014 and expiring November 14, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	VANSANT MINE NO. 1, VANSANT MINE NO. 2
Permittee as filed	VANSANT COAL CORPORATION
NPDES ID	WV1016113
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 5, 2014
Expiration date	November 14, 2018
Address	Vansant, VA 24656
Receiving water	TUG FK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Lower Dry Fork (HUC 050702010105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
3With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Iron, total [as Fe]	30	844	37	April 30, 2026	245% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]	30	822	15	May 31, 2026	153% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	12	322	10	February 28, 2026	1,214% over the limit
Solids, settleable	12	1,065	0
Specific conductance	30	807	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	30	807	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	30	807	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	30	807	0
Solids, total dissolved	30	807	0
pH	30	801	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	12	336	0
Flow rate	8	208	0

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1016113.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1016113 for VANSANT MINE NO. 1 and VANSANT MINE NO. 2 in Vansant, VA, held by VANSANT COAL CORPORATION and discharging to Tug Fk, with the permit shown as administratively continued. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 12 under a numeric limit, 3 with an effluent exceedance, and a Minor Discharger class; the subwatershed is Lower Dry Fork (HUC 050702010105).