Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1023136

FALLING ROCK DEEP MINE, Ashford, WV: NPDES WV1023136 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
19Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FALLING ROCK DEEP MINE, held by RAVEN CREST CONTRACTING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1023136, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2017 and expiring September 26, 2022.

FALLING ROCK DEEP MINE, Ashford, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1023136, held by RAVEN CREST CONTRACTING, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 29, 2017, term to September 26, 2022; discharges to COAL RV.

Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 12 limits, 114 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 12 limits, 111 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 12 limits, 111 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 11 limits, 96 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 10 limits, 93 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 10 limits, 93 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 10 limits, 93 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 8 limits, 74 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 6 limits, 66 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total recoverable: 12 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]: 6 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Calcium, total [as Ca]: 6 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Magnesium, total [as Mg]: 6 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Potassium, total [as K]: 6 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 3 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sodium, total [as Na]: 3 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 3 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 8, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
June 17, 2026: Sampling (S).
March 25, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by RAVEN CREST CONTRACTING, LLC

BOONE NORTH NO. 1 SURFACE MINE, Ashford: WV1020609, issued November 13, 2018
BULL CREEK REFUSE FACILITY, Chesapeake: WV1020676, issued June 27, 2014
BOONE NORTH NO. 2 SURFACE MINE, Ashford: WV1020927, issued September 15, 2017
CURTIS BRANCH HAULROAD, Ashford: WV1020951, issued October 18, 2017
BEE GUM #2 GAS DEEP MINE, Ashford: WV1022814, issued May 23, 2018
LOWER CEDAR GROVE DEEP MINE, Ashford: WV1022857, issued May 10, 2018
BOONE NORTH NO. 3 SURFACE MINE, Ashford: WV1022938, issued May 23, 2018
BOONE NORTH HAULROAD, Ashford: WV1024884, issued April 20, 2016
BOONE NORTH NO.5 SURFACE MINE, Ashford: WV1029789, issued November 22, 2017

FALLING ROCK DEEP MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the Fork Creek-Big Coal River subwatershed (HUC 050500090606), WV1023136 among them. Its county holds 169, 0 of them major permits; WV1023136 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fork Creek-Big Coal River subwatershed (HUC 050500090606)

BEE GUM #2 GAS DEEP MINE, Ashford: WV1022814, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to May 21, 2023
BOONE NORTH NO. 1 SURFACE MINE, Ashford: WV1020609, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to November 9, 2023
BOONE NORTH NO. 3 SURFACE MINE, Ashford: WV1022938, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to May 21, 2023
BULL CREEK REFUSE FACILITY, Chesapeake: WV1020676, minor permit, discharging to LONGS HL, permit term to June 23, 2019
DORCAS ESKEW, Alum Creek: WVG410891, minor permit, discharging to UNT/BIG COAL RV RM 1.71/COAL RV/KANAWHA RV, permit term to June 30, 2024
EASTERN ENERGY, Charleston: WV1025244, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to March 22, 2018
FORK CREEK HAULROAD NO.2, Charleston: WV1020544, minor permit, discharging to WILDERNESS FK, permit term to December 12, 2021
FORK CREEK NO. 10 MINE, Ashford: WV1019872, minor permit, discharging to FORK CK, permit term to May 16, 2022
HAULROAD NO. 3, Charleston: WV1019741, minor permit, discharging to FORK CK, permit term to December 6, 2021
LOWER CEDAR GROVE DEEP MINE, Ashford: WV1022857, minor permit, discharging to COAL RV, permit term to May 7, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	FALLING ROCK DEEP MINE
Permittee as filed	RAVEN CREST CONTRACTING, LLC
NPDES ID	WV1023136
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	September 29, 2017
Expiration date	September 26, 2022
Address	Ashford, WV 25009
Receiving water	COAL RV
Subwatershed	Fork Creek-Big Coal River (HUC 050500090606)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

19Pollutants on file
19Under a numeric limit
19With 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
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	12	114
Manganese, total [as Mn]	12	111
Aluminum, total [as Al]	12	111
Iron, total [as Fe]	11	96
Specific conductance	10	93
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	10	93
Solids, total dissolved	10	93
pH	8	74
Stream flow, instantaneous	6	66
Selenium, total recoverable	12	57
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]	6	21
Calcium, total [as Ca]	6	21
Magnesium, total [as Mg]	6	21
Potassium, total [as K]	6	21
Solids, total suspended	3	12
Solids, settleable	3	12
Sodium, total [as Na]	3	12
Flow rate	2	8
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	6

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1023136.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1023136.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 8, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
June 17, 2026	Sampling	S
March 25, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S

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 WV1023136.

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

The page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit WV1023136, held by Raven Crest Contracting, LLC for the Falling Rock Deep Mine in Ashford, WV, which discharges to Coal Rv within the Fork Creek-Big Coal River subwatershed (HUC 050500090606). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the status reflects EPA's file as loaded on October 14, 2026.