Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0061646

WHARTON PREP. PLANT& REFUSE AREA, Wharton, WV: NPDES WV0061646 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WHARTON PREP. PLANT& REFUSE AREA, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0061646, which discharges to Kanawha Rv. EPA’s file records it issued April 28, 2017 and expiring April 21, 2022.

WHARTON PREP. PLANT& REFUSE AREA, Wharton, West Virginia: Individual permit WV0061646, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC; Effective; issued April 28, 2017, term to April 21, 2022; discharges to KANAWHA RV.

Solids, total dissolved: 12 limits, 837 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 12 limits, 630 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 12 limits, 630 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 15 limits, 540 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 12 limits, 450 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 21 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 21 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 21 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 16 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 15 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 15, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
January 14, 2026: Sampling (S).

Other permits held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC

HARRIS NO. 2 DEEP MINE, Wharton: WV0001881, issued November 3, 2017
HARRIS NO 1 MINE, Wharton: WV0038253, issued January 10, 2018
EAGLE 2P DEEP MINE, Wharton: WV0058246, issued June 22, 2018
LIGHTFOOT NO.1 & NO.2, Wharton: WV0063461, issued October 20, 2017
ROCKLICK BRANCE COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, Wharton: WV0066656, issued December 14, 2017
KOPPERSTON NOS. 1 AND 2 MINES AND AMD PLANT, Wharton: WV0066699, issued February 5, 2018
BUFFALO CREEK / DOROTHY 1, Wharton: WV0092592, issued December 20, 2017
HERNSHAW 14 MINE, Wharton: WV0092835, issued December 20, 2017
HAULROAD TO WINIFRED 6P, Wharton: WV1013386, issued April 14, 2017
WINIFREDE 14 MINE, Wharton: WV1013581, issued August 10, 2018

WHARTON PREP. PLANT& REFUSE AREA among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 19 discharge permits in the Middle Pond Fork subwatershed (HUC 050500090403), WV0061646 among them. Its county holds 169, 0 of them major permits; WV0061646 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Middle Pond Fork subwatershed (HUC 050500090403)

BIM-SUNDIAL 69KV STR 52 EP, Wharton: WVR113499, minor permit, discharging to Beaver Pond Br/Pond Fk/Little Coal Rv/Coal Rv/Kana, permit term to April 5, 2029
BOONE COUNTY PSD, Danville: WV0035939, minor permit, discharging to COAL RIVER, permit term to June 30, 2022
BUFFALO CREEK / DOROTHY 1, Wharton: WV0092592, minor permit, discharging to COW CK, permit term to December 19, 2022
CAMPBELL CREEK NO.14 DEEP MINE, Wharton: WV1020838, minor permit, discharging to POND FK, permit term to September 21, 2025
CASEY CREEK NO. 1 & CASEY CREEK NO. 2 MINES, Bob White: WV1016946, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to June 28, 2022
CASEY CREEK NO. 1 SURFACE MINE, Charleston: WV1022784, minor permit, discharging to CASEY CK, permit term to May 31, 2024
COW CREEK WILLIAMSON HIGHWALL MINE, Wharton: WV1031368, minor permit, discharging to COW CK, permit term to November 5, 2029
HERNSHAW 14 MINE, Wharton: WV0092835, minor permit, discharging to POND FK, permit term to December 19, 2022
POND FORK PREP PLANT, Madison: WV0066010, minor permit, discharging to POND FK, permit term to January 18, 2023
RIVERS EDGE MINE, Wharton: WV1020455, minor permit, discharging to POND FK, permit term to September 8, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	WHARTON PREP. PLANT& REFUSE AREA
Permittee as filed	ROCKWELL MINING, LLC
NPDES ID	WV0061646
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 28, 2017
Expiration date	April 21, 2022
Address	Wharton, WV 25208
Receiving water	KANAWHA RV
Subwatershed	Middle Pond Fork (HUC 050500090403)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source WV00000500016

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
5With 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, total dissolved	12	837
Specific conductance	12	630
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	12	630
Solids, settleable	15	540
Aluminum, total [as Al]	12	450
Iron, total [as Fe]	21	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	21	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	21	0
pH	16	0
Solids, total suspended	15	0
Flow rate	10	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	4	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV0061646.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0061646.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 15, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
January 14, 2026	Sampling	S

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 WV0061646.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit WV0061646 for WHARTON PREP. PLANT& REFUSE AREA in Wharton, WV, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC, which discharges to the KANAWHA RV in the Middle Pond Fork subwatershed (HUC 050500090403). The page lists 12 pollutants on file, of which 5 are under a numeric limit and 0 have an effluent exceedance.