Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0094889
KNIGHT-INC NO. 1 SURFACE MINE, Cowen, WV: NPDES WV0094889 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KNIGHT-INC NO. 1 SURFACE MINE, held by ICG EASTERN, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0094889, which discharges to Big Beaver Ck. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2020 and expiring October 23, 2025. 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 | KNIGHT-INC NO. 1 SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ICG EASTERN, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV0094889 |
| 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 | October 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 23, 2025 |
| Address | Cowen, WV 26206 |
| Receiving water | BIG BEAVER CK |
| Subwatershed | Big Beaver Creek (HUC 050500050801) |
| 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 45 | 2,124 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 45 | 2,124 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 45 | 2,088 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 45 | 2,088 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 45 | 2,088 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 42 | 1,920 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 42 | 1,920 | 0 | ||
| pH | 56 | 1,794 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 24 | 1,509 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 24 | 1,065 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 16 | 777 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 22 | 735 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 15 | 734 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 147 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 147 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 147 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 0 | 147 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 0 | 147 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV0094889.
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 WV0094889.
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 October 14, 2026.