Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0092835
HERNSHAW 14 MINE, Wharton, WV: NPDES WV0092835 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 3Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
HERNSHAW 14 MINE, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0092835, which discharges to Pond Fk. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2017 and expiring December 19, 2022. 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 filed | HERNSHAW 14 MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ROCKWELL MINING, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV0092835 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 20, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 19, 2022 |
| Address | Wharton, WV 25208 |
| Receiving water | POND FK |
| Subwatershed | Middle Pond Fork (HUC 050500090403) |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 12Under 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 20 | 780 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 20 | 780 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 19 | 771 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 18 | 762 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 17 | 761 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 17 | 761 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 18 | 756 | 0 | ||
| pH | 21 | 643 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 8 | 393 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 344 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 10 | 306 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 6 | 228 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 96 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV0092835.
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 WV0092835.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | S |
| May 18, 2026 | Reconnaissance with Sampling | S |
| January 21, 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 WV0092835.
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 October 14, 2026.