Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020161

WINIFREDE 15 MINE, Wharton, WV: NPDES WV1020161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

WINIFREDE 15 MINE, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1020161, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued October 29, 2018 and expiring October 22, 2023. 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	WINIFREDE 15 MINE
Permittee as filed	ROCKWELL MINING, LLC
NPDES ID	WV1020161
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 29, 2018
Expiration date	October 22, 2023
Address	Wharton, WV 25208
Receiving water	COAL RV
Subwatershed	Upper Pond Fork (HUC 050500090401)
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

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
12With 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
Manganese, total [as Mn]	18	486
Aluminum, total [as Al]	18	486
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	18	486
Iron, total [as Fe]	17	469
Specific conductance	16	452
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	15	452
Solids, total dissolved	15	452
pH	18	336
Solids, settleable	9	200
Solids, total suspended	6	193
Flow rate	7	136
Stream flow, instantaneous	7	128
Selenium, total recoverable	24	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1020161.

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 WV1020161.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV1020161 for the WINIFREDE 15 MINE in Wharton, WV, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC, with the permit status listed as Effective and the discharger class as Minor. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, of which 13 are under a numeric limit, 12 have a violation of any kind, and 0 have an effluent exceedance.