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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1028511

GLENALUM TUNNEL DEEP MINE, Emmett, WV: NPDES WV1028511 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GLENALUM TUNNEL DEEP MINE, held by RAMACO RESOURCES, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1028511, which discharges to Elk Ck. EPA’s file records it issued July 24, 2019 and expiring July 22, 2024. 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 filedGLENALUM TUNNEL DEEP MINE
Permittee as filedRAMACO RESOURCES, LLC
NPDES IDWV1028511
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
IssuedJuly 24, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 22, 2024
AddressEmmett, WV 25617
Receiving waterELK CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedElk Creek-Guyandotte River (HUC 050701010506)
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
Selenium, total recoverable15150
Manganese, total [as Mn]15150
Aluminum, total [as Al]15150
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]15150
Iron, total [as Fe]14140
Specific conductance13130
Sulfate, total [as SO4]13130
Solids, total dissolved13130
pH10100
Solids, total suspended1190
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]990
Calcium, total [as Ca]990
Magnesium, total [as Mg]990
Sodium, total [as Na]990
Potassium, total [as K]990
Stream flow, instantaneous880
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia360
Solids, settleable330
Flow rate220

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1028511.

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 WV1028511.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit WV1028511 for the Glenalum Tunnel Deep Mine in Emmett, WV, held by Ramaco Resources, LLC, which discharges to Elk Ck within the Elk Creek-Guyandotte River subwatershed (HUC 050701010506). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.