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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024205

HONEYCAMP BRANCH NO. 1 MINE, Premier, WV: NPDES WV1024205 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HONEYCAMP BRANCH NO. 1 MINE, held by SOUTHERN MINERALS, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1024205, which discharges to Honeycamp Br. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2018 and expiring January 5, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedHONEYCAMP BRANCH NO. 1 MINE
Permittee as filedSOUTHERN MINERALS, INC.
NPDES IDWV1024205
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
IssuedJanuary 10, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 5, 2023
AddressPremier, WV 24801
Receiving waterHONEYCAMP BR
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSpice Creek-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010205)
SIC1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]186510
Aluminum, total [as Al]186510
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]186510
Iron, total [as Fe]176500
Solids, total suspended126450
Sulfate, total [as SO4]166400
Solids, settleable126200
pH125570
Specific conductance195290
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]123990
Calcium, total [as Ca]123990
Magnesium, total [as Mg]123990
Sodium, total [as Na]123990
Potassium, total [as K]123990
Solids, total dissolved123990
Stream flow, instantaneous123460
Flow rate0820
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia0420

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1024205.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1024205.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WV1024205 for the Honeycamp Branch No. 1 Mine in Premier, WV, held by Southern Minerals, Inc., which discharges to Honeycamp Br within the Spice Creek-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010205) subwatershed. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 16, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.