Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024787
ROYAL SCOT MINERALS, INC, Oak Hill, WV: NPDES WV1024787 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROYAL SCOT MINERALS, INC, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit WV1024787, which discharges to South Fk/Big Clear Ck. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2016 and expiring December 27, 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 | ROYAL SCOT MINERALS, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION |
| NPDES ID | WV1024787 |
| 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 | December 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 27, 2021 |
| Address | Oak Hill, WV 25901 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH FK/BIG CLEAR CK |
| Subwatershed | Little Clear Creek (HUC 050500050601) |
| 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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] | 12 | 823 | 151 | May 31, 2026 | 4,600% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 682 | 10 | June 30, 2025 | 405% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 417 | 1 | August 31, 2017 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 407 | 1 | November 30, 2022 | |
| Flow rate | 8 | 406 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 8 | 360 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 205 | 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 WV1024787.
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 October 14, 2026.