Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1011111

WHITE KNIGT DEEP MINE, Whitesville, WV: NPDES WV1011111 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WHITE KNIGT DEEP MINE, held by ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1011111, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2016 and expiring December 27, 2021.

WHITE KNIGT DEEP MINE, Whitesville, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1011111, held by ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 30, 2016, term to December 27, 2021; discharges to COAL RV.

Solids, total suspended: 66 limits, 446 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 119% over the limit.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 99 limits, 634 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2025, largest 2% over the limit.
pH: 79 limits, 825 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 98 limits, 812 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 98 limits, 808 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 98 limits, 808 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 98 limits, 808 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 96 limits, 738 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 81 limits, 477 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 36 limits, 296 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total recoverable: 40 limits, 255 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 30 limits, 244 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 36 limits, 175 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 26, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
June 23, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
March 16, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC

CHESS PROCESSING REFUSE DISPOSAL AREA, Sylvester: WV0050903, issued May 3, 2018
BLACK KNIGHT III DEEP MINE/BLUE PENNANT HAULROAD, Sylvester: WV1013378, issued August 23, 2017
BLACK KING 1 REPERMIT, Whitesville: WV1013483, issued July 7, 2017
WHITE BISHOP MINE, Whitesville: WV1014765, issued April 12, 2018
LAUREL EAGLE MINE/LAUREL POWELLTON MINE, Dorothy: WV1014803, issued December 9, 2020
LAUREL ALMA DEEP MINE, Dorothy: WV1014897, issued March 9, 2017
BLACK KNIGHT II DEEP MINE, Sylvester: WV1015848, issued June 1, 2018
ROUNDBOTTOM POWELLTON MINE, Sylvester: WV1027668, issued July 7, 2017
TITAN DEEP MINE, Whitesville: WV1027689, issued June 9, 2017
HAULROAD NO.1, Whitesville: WV1028235, issued January 8, 2021

WHITE KNIGT DEEP MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the Joes Creek-Big Coal River subwatershed (HUC 050500090603), WV1011111 among them. Its county holds 169, 0 of them major permits; WV1011111 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Joes Creek-Big Coal River subwatershed (HUC 050500090603)

BEDCOR COMPLEX, Chesapeake: WV0093980, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to October 12, 2022
CAYMUS DEEP MINE, Charleston: WV1024345, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to June 16, 2015
CHECKMATE POWELLTON, Whitesville: WV1031252, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to July 18, 2028
COALBURG NO. 3 DEEP MINE, Comfort: WV1022667, minor permit, discharging to JOES CK, permit term to December 18, 2022
CROSS AMERICA PARTNERS - ONE STOP 8006, Whitesville: WVG417615, minor permit, discharging to Marsh Fk/Coal Rv/Kanawha Rv, permit term to June 30, 2029
HUNTER PEERLESS, Whitesville: WV1029738, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to October 23, 2022
ORGAS NO. 2 SURFACE MINE, Orgas: WV1010930, minor permit, discharging to HORSE BR, permit term to July 19, 2022
PEERLESS DEEP MINE, Comfort: WV1021036, minor permit, discharging to JOES CK, permit term to June 13, 2022
ROUNDBOTTOM POWELLTON MINE, Sylvester: WV1027668, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to June 28, 2022
SAMPLES SURFACE MINE, Eskdale: WV1015150, minor permit, discharging to SENG CK, permit term to September 25, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	WHITE KNIGT DEEP MINE
Permittee as filed	ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC
NPDES ID	WV1011111
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	December 30, 2016
Expiration date	December 27, 2021
Address	Whitesville, WV 25209
Receiving water	COAL RV
Subwatershed	Joes Creek-Big Coal River (HUC 050500090603)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Solids, total suspended	66	446	2	December 31, 2025	119% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]	99	634	1	December 31, 2025	2% over the limit
pH	79	825	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	98	812	0
Specific conductance	98	808	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	98	808	0
Solids, total dissolved	98	808	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	96	738	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	81	477	0
Flow rate	36	296	0
Selenium, total recoverable	40	255	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	30	244	0
Solids, settleable	36	175	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1011111.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 26, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
June 23, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
March 16, 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 WV1011111.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1011111 for WHITE KNIGT DEEP MINE in Whitesville, WV, held by ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The register lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with permit status and dates as they stood when the file was loaded on October 14, 2026.