Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0051845

PRESTONIA REFUSE DISPOSAL AREA, PRESTONIA PREPARATION PLANT, PRESTONIA HAULROAD, Cowen, WV: NPDES WV0051845 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PRESTONIA REFUSE DISPOSAL AREA, PRESTONIA PREPARATION PLANT, PRESTONIA HAULROAD, held by JULIANA MINING COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0051845, which discharges to Laurel Ck. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2019 and expiring March 27, 2024. 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	PRESTONIA REFUSE DISPOSAL AREA, PRESTONIA PREPARATION PLANT, PRESTONIA HAULROAD
Permittee as filed	JULIANA MINING COMPANY LLC
NPDES ID	WV0051845
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	March 29, 2019
Expiration date	March 27, 2024
Address	Cowen, WV 26206
Receiving water	LAUREL CK
Subwatershed	Outlet Laurel Creek (HUC 050500070202)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Solids, settleable	6	444
Specific conductance	18	410
pH	14	378
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	18	359
Solids, total dissolved	18	359
Iron, total [as Fe]	18	291
Manganese, total [as Mn]	18	291
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	18	291
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	12	288
Aluminum, total [as Al]	18	243
Stream flow, instantaneous	8	144
Solids, total suspended	6	75
Flow rate	4	50

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV0051845.

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 WV0051845.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV0051845 for the Prestonia refuse disposal area, preparation plant and haulroad in Cowen, WV, held by Juliana Mining Company LLC and discharging to Laurel Ck. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.