Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1018639

NEWHALL SURFACE MINE, Bluefield, VA: NPDES WV1018639 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NEWHALL SURFACE MINE, held by BAYSTAR COAL COMPANY, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1018639, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2018 and expiring December 13, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	NEWHALL SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filed	BAYSTAR COAL COMPANY, INC.
NPDES ID	WV1018639
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	December 20, 2018
Expiration date	December 13, 2023
Address	Bluefield, VA 24605
Receiving water	TUG FK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Big Creek (HUC 050702010101)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
14With 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
Manganese, total [as Mn]	219	2,824	4	February 28, 2023	510% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]	219	2,822	2	March 31, 2018	141% over the limit
pH	170	2,056	1	February 28, 2023
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	219	2,928	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	206	2,914	0
Solids, total dissolved	206	2,914	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	209	2,868	0
Solids, total suspended	180	2,127	0
Selenium, total recoverable	210	1,965	0
Specific conductance	206	1,849	0
Flow rate	132	1,418	0
Solids, settleable	72	1,175	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	26	532	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	3	495	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 WV1018639.

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 WV1018639 for NEWHALL SURFACE MINE in Bluefield, VA, held by BAYSTAR COAL COMPANY, INC., which discharges to TUG FK in the Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010101). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 14 pollutants with an effluent exceedance recorded as of October 14, 2026.