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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1022652

BALD KNOB SURFACE MINE, Ghent, WV: NPDES WV1022652 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BALD KNOB SURFACE MINE, held by TAMS MANAGEMENT INC, holds NPDES permit WV1022652, which discharges to Keaton Br. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2016 and expiring May 5, 2021.

BALD KNOB SURFACE MINE, Ghent, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1022652, held by TAMS MANAGEMENT INC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 9, 2016, term to May 5, 2021; discharges to KEATON BR.

  • pH: 63 limits, 1,437 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 63 limits, 1,431 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total [as Fe]: 63 limits, 1,395 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Specific conductance: 63 limits, 1,383 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total [as Mn]: 63 limits, 1,383 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Aluminum, total [as Al]: 63 limits, 1,383 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 63 limits, 1,383 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total dissolved: 63 limits, 1,338 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 45 limits, 945 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow rate: 30 limits, 630 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, settleable: 15 limits, 315 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Stream flow, instantaneous: 12 limits, 292 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 15, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • August 4, 2026: Reconnaissance with Sampling (S).
  • April 8, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • January 6, 2026: Evaluation (S).

BALD KNOB SURFACE MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 33 discharge permits in the Headwaters Piney Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500040102), WV1022652 among them. Its county holds 162, 5 of them major permits; WV1022652 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Headwaters Piney Creek subwatershed (HUC 050500040102)

Identity

Facility as filedBALD KNOB SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedTAMS MANAGEMENT INC
NPDES IDWV1022652
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 9, 2016
Expiration dateMay 5, 2021
AddressGhent, WV 25843
Receiving waterKEATON BR
SubwatershedHeadwaters Piney Creek (HUC 050500040102)
SIC1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH631,4370
Sulfate, total [as SO4]631,4310
Iron, total [as Fe]631,3950
Specific conductance631,3830
Manganese, total [as Mn]631,3830
Aluminum, total [as Al]631,3830
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]631,3830
Solids, total dissolved631,3380
Solids, total suspended459450
Flow rate306300
Solids, settleable153150
Stream flow, instantaneous122920

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1022652.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1022652.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 15, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
August 4, 2026Reconnaissance with SamplingS
April 8, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
January 6, 2026EvaluationS

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 WV1022652.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV1022652 for the Bald Knob Surface Mine in Ghent, WV, held by TAMS Management Inc and discharging to Keaton Br. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 12 under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.