Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1027441

BUFFALO COAL S-53-80, Phillippi, WV: NPDES WV1027441 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BUFFALO COAL S-53-80, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit WV1027441, which discharges to Stony Rv. EPA’s file records it issued September 8, 2014 and expiring May 6, 2019. 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	BUFFALO COAL S-53-80
Permittee as filed	WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION
NPDES ID	WV1027441
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	September 8, 2014
Expiration date	May 6, 2019
Address	Phillippi, WV 26416
Receiving water	STONY RV
Subwatershed	Mount Storm Lake-Stony River (HUC 020700020202)
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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With 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]	27	383	239	March 31, 2024	43,025% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]	27	197	53	November 30, 2023	2,100% over the limit
Solids, settleable	3	55	7	July 31, 2022	17,900% over the limit
pH	6	98	2	March 31, 2017
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]	9	144	0
Flow rate	6	96	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 WV1027441.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WV1027441.

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 WV1027441.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1027441, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION for BUFFALO COAL S-53-80 in Phillippi, WV, which discharges to Stony Rv. The listed figures show a Minor Discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit status shown as administratively continued.