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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0069337

WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY - CHICKASAW SURFACE MINE, Shady Spring, WV: NPDES WV0069337 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY - CHICKASAW SURFACE MINE, held by WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY, INC., holds NPDES permit WV0069337, which discharges to Pinch Ck. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2018 and expiring September 19, 2023.

WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY - CHICKASAW SURFACE MINE, Shady Spring, West Virginia: Individual permit WV0069337, held by WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 27, 2018, term to September 19, 2023; discharges to PINCH CK.

  • pH: 6 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2022.
  • Solids, settleable: 5 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow rate: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Stream flow, instantaneous: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 29, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • June 22, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • March 30, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY - CHICKASAW SURFACE MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 33 discharge permits in the Headwaters Piney Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500040102), WV0069337 among them. Its county holds 162, 5 of them major permits; WV0069337 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Headwaters Piney Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500040102)

Identity

Facility as filedWHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY - CHICKASAW SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedWHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY, INC.
NPDES IDWV0069337
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
IssuedSeptember 27, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 19, 2023
AddressShady Spring, WV 25918
Receiving waterPINCH CK
SubwatershedHeadwaters Piney Creek (HUC 050500040102)
SIC1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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
pH681March 31, 2022
Solids, settleable550
Flow rate220
Stream flow, instantaneous110

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0069337.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 29, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
June 22, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
March 30, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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 WV0069337.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WV0069337, held by WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY, INC. for the WHITE RIDGE COAL COMPANY - CHICKASAW SURFACE MINE in Shady Spring, WV, which discharges to PINCH CK in the Headwaters Piney Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500040102). The permit is classed as a Minor discharger and is listed as administratively continued, with 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.