Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024116

MINE #45 AND MINE #50, Daniels, WV: NPDES WV1024116 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MINE #45 AND MINE #50, held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WV1024116, which discharges to Laurel Br/Elkhorn Ck. EPA’s file records it issued January 11, 2012 and expiring January 11, 2017.

MINE #45 AND MINE #50, Daniels, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1024116, held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 11, 2012, term to January 11, 2017; discharges to LAUREL BR/ELKHORN CK.

pH: 12 limits, 643 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 12 limits, 618 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 12 limits, 608 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 12 limits, 603 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 12 limits, 600 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 12 limits, 600 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 12 limits, 594 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 12 limits, 594 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 306 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow rate: 4 limits, 206 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Stream flow, instantaneous: 4 limits, 200 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 2 limits, 157 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 25, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
June 29, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
March 31, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION

ROLFE 6A MINE, Beckley: WV1005774, issued June 13, 2013
DEEP MINE NO. 66, Beckley: WV1005944, issued February 5, 2014
DEEP MINES 37, 39, LOADOUT AND HAULROADS, Beaver: WV1005979, issued September 24, 2013
D070200 HAULROAD, UO45700, U062400 DEEP MINES, Beckley: WV1005987, issued January 13, 2014
BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION, Beckley: WV1005995, issued June 26, 2013
DEEP MINE NO. 14, Beckley: WV1006070, issued November 5, 2013
RED FOX SURFACE MINE, Beckley: WV1006304, issued March 12, 2014
MINE NO. 32, Beaver: WV1006347, issued July 19, 2013
MINE 35 & 36, Beckley: WV1006479, issued March 12, 2014
NO. 33, 33A DEEP MINES AND HAUL ROAD, Beckley: WV1006614, issued March 28, 2013

MINE #45 AND MINE #50 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 28 discharge permits in the Outlet Elkhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010203), WV1024116 among them. Its county holds 171, 1 of them major permits; WV1024116 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Outlet Elkhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010203)

6 POINT DEEP MINE, Eckman: WV1026763, minor permit, discharging to DANS BR, permit term to September 29, 2025
BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION, Beckley: WV1005995, minor permit, discharging to TUG FK, permit term to April 13, 2018
BOTTOM CREEK REFUSE AND REPROCESSING SITE, Kimball: WV1021362, minor permit, discharging to TUG FK, permit term to March 23, 2022
CITY OF WELCH, Hemphill: WV0024589, major permit, discharging to Tug Fork/Big Sandy River/Ohio River, permit term to May 16, 2023
DANS BRANCH SURFACE MINE, Princeton: WV1023951, minor permit, discharging to DANS BR, permit term to January 29, 2025
DEEP MINE 41, Beckley: WV1008552, minor permit, discharging to TUG FK, permit term to February 28, 2018
DEEP MINE NO 58, Beaver: WV1018663, minor permit, discharging to TUG FK, permit term to September 25, 2018
DEEP MINE NO. 44, Beckley: WV1008838, minor permit, discharging to TUG FK, permit term to September 12, 2018
ECKMAN DEEP MINE NO. 2, Eckman: WV1018795, minor permit, discharging to TUG FK, permit term to April 29, 2025
ECKMAN RAMP HAULROAD, Eckman: WV1005651, minor permit, discharging to COALBANK BR/ELKHORN CK, permit term to June 27, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	MINE #45 AND MINE #50
Permittee as filed	BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION
NPDES ID	WV1024116
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	January 11, 2012
Expiration date	January 11, 2017
Address	Daniels, WV 25832
Receiving water	LAUREL BR/ELKHORN CK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Outlet Elkhorn Creek (HUC 050702010203)

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
12With 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
pH	12	643
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	12	618
Iron, total [as Fe]	12	608
Aluminum, total [as Al]	12	603
Manganese, total [as Mn]	12	600
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	12	600
Specific conductance	12	594
Solids, total dissolved	12	594
Solids, total suspended	6	306
Flow rate	4	206
Stream flow, instantaneous	4	200
Solids, settleable	2	157

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1024116.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1024116.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 25, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
June 29, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S
March 31, 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 WV1024116.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1024116, held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION for MINE #45 AND MINE #50 in Daniels, WV, and is listed as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class. The facts show 12 pollutants on file, 12 under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's recorded issue and expiration dates are January 11, 2012 and January 11, 2017, and it discharges to LAUREL BR/ELKHORN CK.