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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1031295

TALLEY HOLLOW SURFACE MINE, Wharncliffe, WV: NPDES WV1031295 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TALLEY HOLLOW SURFACE MINE, held by BEN'S CREEK OPERATIONS WV LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1031295, which discharges to Alum Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 8, 2024 and expiring December 25, 2028. 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 filedTALLEY HOLLOW SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedBEN'S CREEK OPERATIONS WV LLC
NPDES IDWV1031295
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 8, 2024
Expiration dateDecember 25, 2028
AddressWharncliffe, WV 25651
Receiving waterALUM CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLong Branch-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010303)

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]9360
Aluminum, total [as Al]9360
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]9360
Specific conductance8320
Sulfate, total [as SO4]8320
Iron, total [as Fe]8320
Solids, total dissolved8320
pH6240
Solids, total suspended6240
Flow rate4160
Stream flow, instantaneous280
Solids, settleable280

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1031295.

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 WV1031295.

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 discharge permit NPDES WV1031295 for the TALLEY HOLLOW SURFACE MINE in Wharncliffe, WV, held by BEN'S CREEK OPERATIONS WV LLC and discharging to Alum Ck within the Long Branch-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010303) subwatershed. The file lists 12 pollutants on file, 12 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.