Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1022091

HATCHET SURFACE MINE, Drennen, WV: NPDES WV1022091 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

HATCHET SURFACE MINE, held by LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1022091, which discharges to Twentymile Ck. EPA’s file records it issued August 26, 2014 and expiring August 25, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	HATCHET SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filed	LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC
NPDES ID	WV1022091
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	August 26, 2014
Expiration date	August 25, 2019
Address	Drennen, WV 26667
Receiving water	TWENTYMILE CK
Subwatershed	Headwaters Twentymile Creek (HUC 050500050701)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Manganese, total [as Mn]	39	1,345	1	January 31, 2017	2% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]	39	1,311	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	39	1,311	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	39	1,311	0
Specific conductance	34	1,127	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	34	1,127	0
Solids, total dissolved	34	1,127	0
Selenium, total recoverable	54	1,119	0
pH	35	1,119	0
Solids, total suspended	27	1,119	0
Flow rate	20	754	0
Solids, settleable	15	566	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	8	128	0

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 WV1022091.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1022091 for HATCHET SURFACE MINE in Drennen, WV, held by LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC, which discharges to Twentymile Ck within the Headwaters Twentymile Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500050701). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 13 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 13 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.