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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVR113327

JIM BRANCH-SWITCHBACK 138KV STR. 38 EMERGENCY, Gary, WV: NPDES WVR113327 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JIM BRANCH-SWITCHBACK 138KV STR. 38 EMERGENCY, held by APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WVR113327, which discharges to Adkin Br/Tug Fk/Big Sandy Rv. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2026 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 JIM BRANCH-SWITCHBACK 138KV STR. 38 EMERGENCY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Gary, West Virginia, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES WVR113327.

Identity

Facility as filedJIM BRANCH-SWITCHBACK 138KV STR. 38 EMERGENCY
Permittee as filedAPPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
NPDES IDWVR113327
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 19, 2026
Expiration dateApril 5, 2029
AddressGary, WV 24836
Receiving waterAdkin Br/Tug Fk/Big Sandy Rv
SubwatershedSandlick Creek-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010204)

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 WVR113327.

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 WVR113327.

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

The JIM BRANCH-SWITCHBACK 138KV STR. 38 EMERGENCY permit, held by APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, is one of 11 general permit coverages in McDowell County and one of 17 NPDES permits in the Sandlick Creek-Tug Fork subwatershed. Among the 11 McDowell County general permit coverages, 18.2% have a violation on file, and this permit shows zero pollutants under a numeric limit and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.