Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024159

MINE #39 AND #40, Daniels, WV: NPDES WV1024159 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

MINE #39 AND #40, held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WV1024159, which discharges to Laurel Br/Elkhorn Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 9, 2012 and expiring April 9, 2017. 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	MINE #39 AND #40
Permittee as filed	BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION
NPDES ID	WV1024159
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	April 9, 2012
Expiration date	April 9, 2017
Address	Daniels, WV 25832
Receiving water	LAUREL BR/ELKHORN CK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Outlet Elkhorn Creek (HUC 050702010203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
2With 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, total [as Al]	15	775	22	September 30, 2024	343% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	471	6	September 30, 2024	83% over the limit
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	15	781	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	15	760	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	15	747	0
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	15	747	0
Specific conductance	15	739	0
Solids, total dissolved	15	739	0
Solids, settleable	9	663	0
pH	12	628	0
Flow rate	6	310	0
Stream flow, instantaneous	4	216	0

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 WV1024159.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1024159 for MINE #39 AND #40 in Daniels, WV, held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION, which discharges to Laurel Br/Elkhorn Ck in the Elkhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010203). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, an issue date of April 9, 2012, and an expiration date of April 9, 2017. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 12 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.