POUND MILL SURFACE MINE, Gilbert, WV: NPDES WV1024973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

POUND MILL SURFACE MINE, Gilbert, West Virginia: Individual permit WV1024973, held by HAMPDEN COAL, LLC; Administratively continued; issued December 20, 2017, term to December 15, 2022; discharges to POUND MILL/HUFF CK.

• Selenium, total recoverable: 18 limits, 801 violations of any kind.
• Manganese, total [as Mn]: 18 limits, 801 violations of any kind.
• Aluminum, total [as Al]: 18 limits, 801 violations of any kind.
• Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 18 limits, 801 violations of any kind.
• Iron, total [as Fe]: 17 limits, 800 violations of any kind.
• Specific conductance: 16 limits, 799 violations of any kind.
• Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 16 limits, 799 violations of any kind.
• Solids, total dissolved: 16 limits, 694 violations of any kind.
• Solids, total suspended: 12 limits, 585 violations of any kind.
• pH: 12 limits, 534 violations of any kind.
• Flow rate: 8 limits, 390 violations of any kind.
• Solids, settleable: 4 limits, 195 violations of any kind.
• Stream flow, instantaneous: 4 limits, 144 violations of any kind.

• July 15, 2026: Sampling (S).
• June 4, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
• March 25, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by HAMPDEN COAL, LLC

• HARRYS BRANCH REFUSE SITE, Gilbert: WV0029726, issued 2018-06-13
• SA, SB MINES, Gilbert: WV0091197, issued 2019-03-28
• CANEBRAKE SURFACE MINE, Gilbert: WV0099643, issued 2018-04-12
• ROCKHOUSE CREEK 1, 2, 11, AND 12 DEEP MINES, Logan: WV1004361, issued 2019-04-01
• DONALDSON BRANCH COAL PREPARATION PLANT, REFUSE FACILITY, Gilbert: WV1004760, issued 2018-08-10
• MINE NO.1 / ROCKHOUSE CREEK PUNCHOUT, Gilbert: WV1004948, issued 2016-02-19
• MINE 6 A& 6 B, Gilbert: WV1010557, issued 2017-01-11
• DURBIN MINE NO. 1, Red Jacket: WV1010735, issued 2019-03-19
• ALMA NO. 2 DEEP MINE, Gilbert: WV1016806, issued 2018-02-08
• ALMA NO. 3 DEEP MINE, Gilbert: WV1016881, issued 2015-11-05

POUND MILL SURFACE MINE among its neighbors

16 discharge permits are in the Huff Creek subwatershed (HUC 050701010504); WV1024973 is one. Its county: 155, 0 major; WV1024973 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Huff Creek subwatershed (HUC 050701010504)

• BUFFALO NO. 2 GAS MINE, Lexington: WV1029703, minor, term to 2020-07-29
• ELKLICK BRANCH HAULROAD/REFUSE FACILITY, Lorado: WV1029843, minor, term to 2023-09-04
• ELKLICK SURFACE MINE, Lorado: WV1025015, minor, term to 2023-02-21
• HUFF CREEK WILLIAMSON, Wharton: WV1028332, minor, term to 2022-02-22
• LOWER CEDAR GROVE DEEP MINES, Gilbert: WV1020498, minor, term to 2024-07-26
• MIDDLE FORK SURFACE MINE, Man: WV1031198, minor, term to 2028-01-04
• MUDDY BRIDGE NO.1 AND NO. 2 DEEP MINES, Davin: WV1016954, minor, term to 2025-09-09
• PAYNTER BR NO. 1 SURFACE MINE, Cyclone: WV1016440, minor, term to 2021-07-11
• PAYNTER BRANCH MINE NO. 1, Man: WV1018728, minor, term to 2025-12-03
• PAYNTER BRANCH NORTH SURFACE MINE., Charleston: WV1018906, minor, term to 2019-09-22