Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024400
OPEN FORK SURFACE MINE NO. 2, Kincaid, WV: NPDES WV1024400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 3Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
OPEN FORK SURFACE MINE NO. 2, held by FRASURE CREEK MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1024400, which discharges to Loop Ck. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2016 and expiring June 15, 2021. 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 filed | OPEN FORK SURFACE MINE NO. 2 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRASURE CREEK MINING, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1024400 |
| 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 | June 15, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 15, 2021 |
| Address | Kincaid, WV 25119 |
| Receiving water | LOOP CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Loop Creek (HUC 050500060301) |
| SIC | 1221 – 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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] | 99 | 2,378 | 8 | June 30, 2022 | 250% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 102 | 2,435 | 5 | September 30, 2022 | 110% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 99 | 2,372 | 2 | June 30, 2022 | 120% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 99 | 2,370 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 98 | 2,328 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 98 | 2,328 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 99 | 2,325 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 75 | 1,976 | 0 | ||
| pH | 82 | 1,819 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 55 | 1,496 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 50 | 1,129 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 62 | 1,118 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 40 | 1,070 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 28 | 548 | 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 WV1024400.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | S |
| June 22, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | S |
| March 5, 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 WV1024400.
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 October 14, 2026.