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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1023071

ELK LICK DOCK, Lorado, WV: NPDES WV1023071 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELK LICK DOCK, held by GREENBRIER MINERALS, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1023071, which discharges to Buffalo Ck. EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2020 and expiring November 15, 2025.

ELK LICK DOCK, Lorado, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1023071, held by GREENBRIER MINERALS, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 16, 2020, term to November 15, 2025; discharges to BUFFALO CK.

  • Solids, settleable: 6 limits, 219 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Selenium, total recoverable: 17 limits, 129 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Specific conductance: 18 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total [as Fe]: 18 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total [as Mn]: 18 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Aluminum, total [as Al]: 18 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 18 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 17 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total dissolved: 17 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 12 limits, 38 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow rate: 4 limits, 38 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Stream flow, instantaneous: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • August 24, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • May 8, 2026: Reconnaissance with Sampling (S).
  • February 9, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by GREENBRIER MINERALS, LLC

ELK LICK DOCK among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 20 discharge permits in the Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 050701010505), WV1023071 among them. Its county holds 155, 0 of them major permits; WV1023071 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 050701010505)

Identity

Facility as filedELK LICK DOCK
Permittee as filedGREENBRIER MINERALS, LLC
NPDES IDWV1023071
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
IssuedNovember 16, 2020
Expiration dateNovember 15, 2025
AddressLorado, WV 25630
Receiving waterBUFFALO CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBuffalo Creek (HUC 050701010505)

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
Solids, settleable62190
Selenium, total recoverable171290
Specific conductance18570
Iron, total [as Fe]18570
Manganese, total [as Mn]18570
Aluminum, total [as Al]18570
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]18570
Sulfate, total [as SO4]17570
Solids, total dissolved17570
Solids, total suspended6570
pH12380
Flow rate4380
Stream flow, instantaneous800

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1023071.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1023071.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 24, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
May 8, 2026Reconnaissance with SamplingS
February 9, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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 WV1023071.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WV1023071 for ELK LICK DOCK in Lorado, WV, held by GREENBRIER MINERALS, LLC, which discharges to Buffalo Ck and is administratively continued as a Minor Discharger. The EPA file lists 13 pollutants on file, 13 with a numeric limit or related counts, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.