Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024507
LEFT FORK NO. 1 DEEP MINE, Cowen, WV: NPDES WV1024507 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
LEFT FORK NO. 1 DEEP MINE, held by ICG EASTERN, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1024507, which discharges to Left Fk/Beaver Ck. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2016 and expiring September 21, 2020. 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 | LEFT FORK NO. 1 DEEP MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ICG EASTERN, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1024507 |
| 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 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 21, 2020 |
| Address | Cowen, WV 26206 |
| Receiving water | LEFT FK/BEAVER CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Muddlety Creek (HUC 050500050802) |
| 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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specific conductance | 17 | 440 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 17 | 440 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 17 | 440 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 15 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 15 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 15 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 15 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 15 | 432 | 0 | ||
| pH | 15 | 422 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 10 | 330 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 6 | 297 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 88 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1024507.
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 WV1024507.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV1024507.
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 WV1024507.
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.