Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024019
LOW GAP SURFACE MINE, Skygusty, WV: NPDES WV1024019 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOW GAP SURFACE MINE, held by MID-VOL COAL SALES, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1024019, which discharges to South Fk/Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2021 and expiring August 2, 2026. 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 | LOW GAP SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MID-VOL COAL SALES, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1024019 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 4, 2021 |
| Expiration date | August 2, 2026 |
| Address | Skygusty, WV 24801 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH FK/TUG FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Big Creek (HUC 050702010101) |
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
- 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 141 | 2,277 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 141 | 2,236 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 141 | 2,121 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 141 | 2,118 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 136 | 2,115 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 135 | 2,115 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 135 | 2,070 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 135 | 2,070 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 123 | 1,845 | 0 | ||
| pH | 94 | 1,410 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 82 | 1,230 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 41 | 615 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 12 | 182 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1024019.
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 WV1024019.
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 September 15, 2026.