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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVR112655

CARETTA MINING NO COST RECLAMATION, Caretta, WV: NPDES WVR112655 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CARETTA MINING NO COST RECLAMATION, held by CARETTA MINING, INC., holds NPDES permit WVR112655. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2024 and expiring April 5, 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.

What the register holds for CARETTA MINING NO COST RECLAMATION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Caretta, West Virginia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES WVR112655.

Identity

Facility as filedCARETTA MINING NO COST RECLAMATION
Permittee as filedCARETTA MINING, INC.
NPDES IDWVR112655
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 18, 2024
Expiration dateApril 5, 2029
AddressCaretta, WV 24821
SubwatershedMiddle Dry Fork (HUC 050702010104)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES WVR112655.

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 WVR112655.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

CARETTA MINING NO COST RECLAMATION is among the 11 general permit coverages in McDowell County, where 18.2% have a violation on file. The Middle Dry Fork subwatershed holds 16 NPDES permits, this permit included, and 18.2% of all 11 county coverages were issued earlier than this permit.