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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0047775

KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD, Belle, WV: NPDES WV0047775 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD, held by KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit WV0047775, which discharges to Unt/Kanawha River. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 1987 and expiring December 14, 2025. 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 filedKANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD
Permittee as filedKANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C.
NPDES IDWV0047775
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 22, 1987
Expiration dateDecember 14, 2025
AddressBelle, WV 25015
Receiving waterUNT/KANAWHA RIVER
SubwatershedFields Creek-Kanawha River (HUC 050500060403)
SIC4013 – Switching And Terminal Services

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended431December 31, 2019134% over the limit
pH420
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant420
Oil and grease, hexane extr method400
Iron, total recoverable400
Benzene400
Benzo[b]fluoranthene400
Benzo[k]fluoranthene400
Benzo[a]pyrene400
Chrysene400
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene400
Benzo[a]anthracene400
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene400

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0047775.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV0047775.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES WV0047775.

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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KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD, Belle, West Virginia: Individual permit WV0047775, held by KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 22, 1987, term to December 14, 2025; discharges to UNT/KANAWHA RIVER.

  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2019, largest 134% over the limit.
  • pH: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzo[b]fluoranthene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzo[k]fluoranthene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzo[a]pyrene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chrysene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzo[a]anthracene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Dibenz[a,h]anthracene: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Fields Creek-Kanawha River subwatershed (HUC 050500060403), WV0047775 among them. Its county holds 266, 13 of them major permits; WV0047775 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fields Creek-Kanawha River subwatershed (HUC 050500060403)

  • AMERICAN CHEMICAL SERVICES COMPANY, Marmet: WVG613022, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha River, permit term to March 6, 2030
  • APPALACHIAN OUTLAW TRAIL RV PARK, Belle: WVR113064, minor permit, discharging to Unt. of Carroll Branch to Carroll Branch to Kanawh, permit term to August 8, 2026
  • BELLE TOWN OF, Belle: WVR030015, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha River, permit term to August 11, 2019
  • CHELYAN, Chelyan: WV0115835, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha, permit term to June 30, 2016
  • CHELYAN DOCK, Belle: WV1028448, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to October 31, 2022
  • CHESAPEAKE, TOWN OF, Chesapeake: WVR030040, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha River, permit term to August 11, 2019
  • FIELDS CREEK SURFACE MINE, Chesapeake: WV0099490, minor permit, discharging to SLAUGHTER CK, permit term to April 13, 2025
  • GLENN SPRINGS HOLDINGS, INC. - BELLE SITE, Belle: WV0002313, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RIVER, permit term to January 27, 2025
  • KANAWHA PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT, Cheylan: WV0038776, major permit, discharging to KANAWHA RIVER, permit term to June 30, 2021
  • NO. 81 MINE, Chesapeake: WV0093734, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to October 28, 2021

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WV0047775, held by KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD in Belle, WV, which discharges to UNT/Kanawha River and is administratively continued as a Minor Discharger. The page lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as they stood when the record was loaded.