Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0099490

FIELDS CREEK SURFACE MINE, Chesapeake, WV: NPDES WV0099490 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
4Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FIELDS CREEK SURFACE MINE, held by LOADOUT LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0099490, which discharges to Slaughter Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 2020 and expiring April 13, 2025.

FIELDS CREEK SURFACE MINE, Chesapeake, West Virginia: Individual permit WV0099490, held by LOADOUT LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 17, 2020, term to April 13, 2025; discharges to SLAUGHTER CK.

Aluminum, total [as Al]: 12 limits, 158 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 102% over the limit.
Specific conductance: 13 limits, 466 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 13 limits, 466 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 13 limits, 466 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 19 limits, 239 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 14 limits, 201 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 12 limits, 145 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 12 limits, 124 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 2 limits, 112 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 5 limits, 74 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 10 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 10 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total recoverable: 15 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 15, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
July 9, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
April 2, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
March 13, 2026: Sampling (S).

Other permits held by LOADOUT LLC

ABBOTTS HOLLOW REFUSE AREA AND NO. 9 CLEANING PLANT, Chesapeake: WV0065986, issued May 17, 2018
BEDCOR COMPLEX, Chesapeake: WV0093980, issued October 18, 2017

FIELDS CREEK SURFACE MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Fields Creek-Kanawha River subwatershed (HUC 050500060403), WV0099490 among them. Its county holds 266, 13 of them major permits; WV0099490 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fields Creek-Kanawha River subwatershed (HUC 050500060403)

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SERVICES COMPANY, Marmet: WVG613022, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha River, permit term to March 6, 2030
APPALACHIAN OUTLAW TRAIL RV PARK, Belle: WVR113064, minor permit, discharging to Unt. of Carroll Branch to Carroll Branch to Kanawh, permit term to August 8, 2026
BELLE TOWN OF, Belle: WVR030015, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha River, permit term to August 11, 2019
CHELYAN, Chelyan: WV0115835, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha, permit term to June 30, 2016
CHELYAN DOCK, Belle: WV1028448, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to October 31, 2022
CHESAPEAKE, TOWN OF, Chesapeake: WVR030040, minor permit, discharging to Kanawha River, permit term to August 11, 2019
GLENN SPRINGS HOLDINGS, INC. - BELLE SITE, Belle: WV0002313, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RIVER, permit term to January 27, 2025
KANAWHA PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT, Cheylan: WV0038776, major permit, discharging to KANAWHA RIVER, permit term to June 30, 2021
KANAWHA RIVER RAILROAD, L.L.C. - DICKENSON YARD, Belle: WV0047775, minor permit, discharging to UNT/KANAWHA RIVER, permit term to December 14, 2025
NO. 81 MINE, Chesapeake: WV0093734, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to October 28, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	FIELDS CREEK SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filed	LOADOUT LLC
NPDES ID	WV0099490
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	April 17, 2020
Expiration date	April 13, 2025
Address	Chesapeake, WV 25315
Receiving water	SLAUGHTER CK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Fields Creek-Kanawha River (HUC 050500060403)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
1With 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]	12	158	5	February 28, 2025	102% over the limit
Specific conductance	13	466	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	13	466	0
Solids, total dissolved	13	466	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	19	239	0
pH	14	201	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	12	145	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	12	124	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	2	112	0
Solids, settleable	5	74	0
Flow rate	10	12	0
Solids, total suspended	10	4	0
Selenium, total recoverable	15	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0099490.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 15, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
July 9, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
April 2, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
March 13, 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 WV0099490.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV0099490 for Fields Creek Surface Mine in Chesapeake, WV, held by LOADOUT LLC and discharging to Slaughter Ck, with its status listed as administratively continued. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with a permit issued April 17, 2020 and an expiration date of April 13, 2025.