Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1016342

JIMS BRANCH NO. 1 DEEP MINE, Beckley, WV: NPDES WV1016342 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

JIMS BRANCH NO. 1 DEEP MINE, held by RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1016342, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued June 23, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2020.

JIMS BRANCH NO. 1 DEEP MINE, Beckley, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1016342, held by RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC; Effective; issued June 23, 2016, term to November 30, 2020; discharges to GUYANDOTTE RV.

Iron, total [as Fe]: 18 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 12 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 6 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

BEARTOWN PREP PLANT AND NO. 5 REFUSE DUMP, Beckley: WV0031607, issued March 18, 2019
POSTAR NO. 1 MINE, Brenton: WV0066770, issued June 27, 2019
WESTIGAN MINE, Brenton: WV1005596, issued January 15, 2016
VERNON ACID MINE TREATMENT FACILITY, Hanover: WV1012258, issued August 14, 2015
STILL RUN NO. 1 DEEP MINE, Pineville: WV1016181, issued May 24, 2021
SUGAR RUN NO. 1 DEEP MINE, Pineville: WV1016229, issued November 7, 2013
SUGAR RUN NO. 2 DEEP MINE, Pineville: WV1016237, issued June 9, 2015
JIM'S BRANCH MINE NO. 2, Brenton: WV1016385, issued November 18, 2020
JIMS BRANCH MINE NO. 3A, Beckley: WV1016407, issued December 2, 2020
JOE BRANCH MINE, Pineville: WV1018523, issued December 4, 2020

JIMS BRANCH NO. 1 DEEP MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 20 discharge permits in the Cabin Creek-Guyandotte River subwatershed (HUC 050701010303), WV1016342 among them. Its county holds 93, 0 of them major permits; WV1016342 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Cabin Creek-Guyandotte River subwatershed (HUC 050701010303)

ANDY & ABBY LEASING, INC. TRUCKING GARAGE, Mullens: WVG612942, minor permit, discharging to Jims Branch/Guyandotte River/Ohio River, permit term to March 6, 2030
CFX CONTRACT 08 PINEVILLE TO TWIN FALLS CONNECTOR, Pineville: WVR113080, minor permit, discharging to Sugar Run/Jims Branch/Cabin Creek/Guyandotte River, permit term to April 5, 2029
CHARLES AND YVONNE NOEL BROOKS, Itmann: WVG417542, minor permit, discharging to Raodside Ditch/Guyandotte, permit term to June 30, 2029
CITY OF MULLENS SANITERY BOARD, Mullens: WV0020681, minor permit, discharging to GUYANDOTTE RIVER, permit term to January 6, 2025
ITMANN NO. 5 DEEP MINE, Itmann: WV1030035, minor permit, discharging to STILL RN, permit term to June 21, 2024
ITMANN PREPARATION PLANT & JOE BRANCH REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, Itmann: WV0053121, minor permit, discharging to GUYANDOTTE RV, permit term to May 1, 2025
JIM'S BRANCH MINE NO. 2, Brenton: WV1016385, minor permit, discharging to GUYANDOTTE RV, permit term to November 16, 2025
JIMS BRANCH MINE NO. 3A, Beckley: WV1016407, minor permit, discharging to GUYANDOTTE RV, permit term to November 23, 2025
JOE BRANCH MINE, Pineville: WV1018523, minor permit, discharging to GUYANDOTTE RV, permit term to November 20, 2025
MULLENS WWTP/SALT STORAGE AREA, Mullens: WVG612943, minor permit, discharging to Guyandotte River/Ohio River, permit term to March 6, 2030

Identity

Facility as filed	JIMS BRANCH NO. 1 DEEP MINE
Permittee as filed	RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC
NPDES ID	WV1016342
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 23, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2020
Address	Beckley, WV 25801
Receiving water	GUYANDOTTE RV
Subwatershed	Cabin Creek-Guyandotte River (HUC 050701010303)

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
3With 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
Iron, total [as Fe]	18	33
pH	12	22
Stream flow, instantaneous	6	16
Specific conductance	6	0
Solids, total suspended	6	0
Solids, settleable	6	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	6	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	6	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	6	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	6	0
Solids, total dissolved	6	0
Flow rate	4	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1016342.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1016342.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV1016342.

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 WV1016342.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WV1016342 for JIMS BRANCH NO. 1 DEEP MINE in Beckley, WV, held by RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC, and discharging to the Guyandotte Rv in the Cabin Creek-Guyandotte River subwatershed (HUC 050701010303). The file lists 12 pollutants on record, 12 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.