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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1031279

SCARLET SURFACE MINE, Holden, WV: NPDES WV1031279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SCARLET SURFACE MINE, held by COAL-MAC LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1031279, which discharges to Right Fk/Trace Fk/Pigeon Ck. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2024 and expiring May 27, 2029. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSCARLET SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedCOAL-MAC LLC
NPDES IDWV1031279
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 3, 2024
Expiration dateMay 27, 2029
AddressHolden, WV 25625
Receiving waterRIGHT FK/TRACE FK/PIGEON CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Pigeon Creek (HUC 050702010401)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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 recoverable691,6560
Manganese, total [as Mn]691,6560
Aluminum, total [as Al]691,6560
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]691,6560
Specific conductance621,4880
Sulfate, total [as SO4]621,4880
Iron, total [as Fe]621,4880
Solids, total dissolved621,4880
Solids, total suspended481,1520
pH461,1040
Flow rate327680
Solids, settleable163840
Stream flow, instantaneous143360

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1031279.

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 WV1031279.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WV1031279, held by COAL-MAC LLC for the SCARLET SURFACE MINE in Holden, WV, with its status shown as Effective and its permit type as Individual permit. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, all 13 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued June 3, 2024 and expiring May 27, 2029.