Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1019503

DESKINS DEEP MINE, Orgas, WV: NPDES WV1019503 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

DESKINS DEEP MINE, held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1019503, which discharges to Coal Fk/Cabin Ck. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2013 and expiring June 28, 2018.

DESKINS DEEP MINE, Orgas, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1019503, held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC.; Effective; issued June 28, 2013, term to June 28, 2018; discharges to COAL FK/CABIN CK.

Specific conductance: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total recoverable: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 6 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 4 limits, 132 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC.

SUGAR CAMP SURFACE MINE, Oak Hill: WV0038539, issued July 21, 2014
HOBET SURFACE MINE PIT #1, Madison: WV0044288, issued May 23, 2018
BRAGG FORK IMPOUNDMENT, Madison: WV0046701, issued June 1, 2018
AMHERST 4H & PARAGAN MINES, Yolyn: WV0053163, issued March 19, 2021
HOBET JOB NO. 21 - SURFACE WESTRIDGE MINE, Madison: WV0056405, issued July 14, 2017
PEACHTREE REFUSE, Glen Daniel: WV0058521, issued October 20, 2017
TYGART RIVER MINE AND REFUSE FACILITIES, Madison: WV0062766, issued September 24, 2013
ROBIN HOOD NO. 8 PLANT AND REFUSE FACILITY, Madison: WV0065536, issued December 5, 2017
BIG MOUNTAIN PREPARATION PLANT & REFUSE AREA, Madison: WV0065617, issued September 6, 2017
MORRIS FORK PLANT AND BELCHER REFUSE, Clendenin: WV0066231, issued September 29, 2017

DESKINS DEEP MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 16 discharge permits in the Outlet Cabin Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500060202), WV1019503 among them. Its county holds 266, 13 of them major permits; WV1019503 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Outlet Cabin Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500060202)

CABIN CREEK CCR PROJECT (TREE CLEARING), Cabin Creek: WVR112856, minor permit, discharging to UNT/Cabin Ck./Kanawha Rv., permit term to February 3, 2026
CUT 22 SURFACE MINE, Madison: WV0093165, minor permit, discharging to KANAWHA RV, permit term to November 29, 2022
DRY BRANCH SURFACE MINE & SELDOM-SEEN HAULROAD, Charleston: WV1019333, minor permit, discharging to DRY BR/CABIN CK, permit term to July 19, 2018
LAUREL FORK CONTOUR SURFACE MINE, Eskdale: WV1028821, minor permit, discharging to LEFT FK/LAUREL FK, permit term to September 29, 2020
LONGBOTTOM SURFACE MINE, Charleston: WV1022377, minor permit, discharging to LEFT FK/LONGBOTTOM CK, permit term to October 29, 2024
MOCCASIN NORTH SURFACE MINE, Eskdale: WV1022466, minor permit, discharging to MOCCASIN HL, permit term to June 21, 2022
NORTH RIDGE SURFACE MINE, Orgas: WV1028880, minor permit, discharging to COAL FK/CABIN CK, permit term to October 31, 2022
STOCKBURG NO. 1 MINE, Madison: WV1015265, minor permit, discharging to COAL FK/CABIN CK, permit term to November 19, 2023
STOCKBURG NO. 2 MINE, Madison: WV1019147, minor permit, discharging to COAL FK/CABIN CK, permit term to August 6, 2018
THREEMILE SURFACE MINE, Lexington: WV1022423, minor permit, discharging to WHITEOAK CK, permit term to January 8, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	DESKINS DEEP MINE
Permittee as filed	ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC.
NPDES ID	WV1019503
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 28, 2013
Expiration date	June 28, 2018
Address	Orgas, WV 24220
Receiving water	COAL FK/CABIN CK
Subwatershed	Outlet Cabin Creek (HUC 050500060202)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
10With 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
Specific conductance	6	198
pH	6	198
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	6	198
Selenium, total recoverable	6	198
Iron, total [as Fe]	6	198
Manganese, total [as Mn]	6	198
Aluminum, total [as Al]	6	198
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	6	198
Solids, total dissolved	6	198
Stream flow, instantaneous	4	132

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1019503.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1019503.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV1019503.

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 WV1019503.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV1019503, held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC. for DESKINS DEEP MINE in Orgas, WV, a minor discharger whose permit status is listed as Effective. The file shows 10 pollutants on record, 10 under a numeric limit, 10 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.