Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020587

WINIFREDE NO. 12 MINE, Wharton, WV: NPDES WV1020587 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

WINIFREDE NO. 12 MINE, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1020587, which discharges to Pond Fk. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2017 and expiring November 29, 2022. 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 NO. 12 MINE
Permittee as filed	ROCKWELL MINING, LLC
NPDES ID	WV1020587
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 1, 2017
Expiration date	November 29, 2022
Address	Wharton, WV 25208
Receiving water	POND FK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Middle Pond Fork (HUC 050500090403)
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

15Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
15With 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]	39	1,065
Aluminum, total [as Al]	39	1,065
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	39	1,065
Iron, total [as Fe]	36	1,035
Specific conductance	34	1,015
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	31	1,015
Solids, total dissolved	31	1,015
pH	28	880
Solids, settleable	10	495
Stream flow, instantaneous	17	440
Solids, total suspended	14	409
Zinc, total [as Zn]	6	390
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	5	362
Flow rate	7	270
Selenium, total recoverable	36	214

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1020587.

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 WV1020587.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1020587, held by ROCKWELL MINING, LLC for WINIFREDE NO. 12 MINE in Wharton, WV, which discharges to POND FK and is listed on the 303(D) impaired waters list. The permit's status is Effective with a Minor discharger class, and the file lists 15 pollutants on file, 15 under a numeric limit, 15 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.