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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1027115

HIDDEN VALLEY COAL CO., Hazleton, WV: NPDES WV1027115 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HIDDEN VALLEY COAL CO., held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit WV1027115, which discharges to Mill Rn/Ll Sandy Cr. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2018 and expiring June 11, 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 filedHIDDEN VALLEY COAL CO.
Permittee as filedWVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION
NPDES IDWV1027115
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
IssuedAugust 2, 2018
Expiration dateJune 11, 2023
AddressHazleton, WV 26525
Receiving waterMILL RN/LL SANDY CR
SubwatershedBeaver Creek-Little Sandy Creek (HUC 050200040603)
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
Iron, total [as Fe]3780
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]3750
Sulfate, total [as SO4]0750
Solids, total dissolved0750
Flow rate2500
pH2500
Aluminum, total [as Al]2500
Solids, settleable1250

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1027115.

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 WV1027115.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV1027115.

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 WV1027115.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WV1027115, held by WVDEP Office of Special Reclamation for the HIDDEN VALLEY COAL CO. facility in Hazleton, WV, which discharges to Mill Rn/Ll Sandy Cr in the Beaver Creek-Little Sandy Creek subwatershed (HUC 050200040603). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, classed as a minor discharger, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records its issue and expiration dates as August 2, 2018 and June 11, 2023.