Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0090131

KATIE COAL PREPARATION PLANT, Powellton, WV: NPDES WV0090131 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

KATIE COAL PREPARATION PLANT, held by PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0090131, which discharges to Kanawha Rv. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2019 and expiring July 23, 2024.

KATIE COAL PREPARATION PLANT, Powellton, West Virginia: Individual permit WV0090131, held by PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 29, 2019, term to July 23, 2024; discharges to KANAWHA RV.

Aluminum, total [as Al]: 33 limits, 862 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 11,567% over the limit.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 29 limits, 855 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2018, largest 11,878% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 298 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2018, largest 58,186% over the limit.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 33 limits, 854 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2018, largest 208% over the limit.
Specific conductance: 25 limits, 1,719 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 25 limits, 994 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 25 limits, 994 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 22 limits, 952 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 33 limits, 852 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total recoverable: 24 limits, 615 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 16 limits, 376 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 9 limits, 372 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 6 limits, 188 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 24, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
June 17, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
March 13, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC

WET BRANCH PREP PLANT & REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, Dry Branch: WV0048097, issued May 6, 2019
SAMPLES MINE COMPLEX/MOCCASIN HOLLOW IMP./TOMS FORK LOADOUT/LEEWOOD HAULROAD, Eskdale: WV0093751, issued November 1, 2016
SAMPLES MINE COMPLES - CABIN CREEK NO. 2 SURFACE MINE, Eskdale: WV0096920, issued December 4, 2020
SAMPLES MINE, Madison: WV0096962, issued January 15, 2019
POWELLTON SHOP, Montgomery: WV0118001, issued February 14, 2024
STANLEY HERITAGE SURFACE MINE, Madison: WV1014684, issued October 10, 2017
LAUREL FORK DEEP MINE, Eskdale: WV1015338, issued June 10, 2019
WILDCAT SURFACE MINE, Orgas: WV1019295, issued October 5, 2016
SAMPLES MINE COMPLEX - PINE TREE FLATS SURFACE MINE, Madison: WV1019678, issued April 6, 2018
HERSHAW NO. 1 DEEP MINE, Eskdale: WV1021621, issued February 3, 2021

KATIE COAL PREPARATION PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Armstrong Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500060302), WV0090131 among them. Its county holds 108, 2 of them major permits; WV0090131 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Armstrong Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500060302)

ARMSTRONG CREEK EAGLE MINE NO. 1, Kimberly: WV1024591, minor permit, discharging to ARMSTRONG CK, permit term to April 25, 2016
ELKRIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1, Elkridge: WV1029045, minor permit, discharging to ARMSTRONG CK, permit term to September 4, 2023
FIXX - IT MACHINE SERVICES, INC., Kimberly: WVG612937, minor permit, discharging to Armstrong Creek/Kanawha River, permit term to March 6, 2030
HAULROAD NO. 1, Oak Hill: WV1024582, minor permit, discharging to ARMSTRONG CK, permit term to December 21, 2020
MAPLE EAGLE EAST DEEP MINE, Powellton: WV1022334, minor permit, discharging to ARMSTRONG CK, permit term to September 10, 2022
MAPLE EAGLE NO.1 MINE, Powellton: WV1022164, minor permit, discharging to ARMSTRONG CK, permit term to January 12, 2022
POWELLTON SHOP, Montgomery: WV0118001, minor permit, discharging to Powellton Fork/Armstrng Creek/Upper Kanawha, permit term to February 13, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	KATIE COAL PREPARATION PLANT
Permittee as filed	PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC
NPDES ID	WV0090131
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	July 29, 2019
Expiration date	July 23, 2024
Address	Powellton, WV 25161
Receiving water	KANAWHA RV
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Armstrong Creek (HUC 050500060302)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Aluminum, total [as Al]	33	862	10	February 29, 2020	11,567% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]	29	855	4	February 28, 2018	11,878% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	298	4	March 31, 2018	58,186% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]	33	854	2	February 28, 2018	208% over the limit
Specific conductance	25	1,719	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	25	994	0
Solids, total dissolved	25	994	0
pH	22	952	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	33	852	0
Selenium, total recoverable	24	615	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	16	376	0
Solids, settleable	9	372	0
Flow rate	6	188	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0090131.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 24, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
June 17, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
March 13, 2026	Reconnaissance without 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 WV0090131.

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

The page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit WV0090131, held by PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC for the KATIE COAL PREPARATION PLANT in Powellton, WV, which discharges to Kanawha Rv. The record lists the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.