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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0000787

CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC., Willow Island, WV: NPDES WV0000787 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC., held by CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC., holds NPDES permit WV0000787, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 1994 and expiring July 14, 2024. 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 filedCYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
Permittee as filedCYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
NPDES IDWV0000787
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 1994
Expiration dateJuly 14, 2024
AddressWillow Island, WV 26134
Receiving waterOhio River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCow Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050302011009)

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
Coliform, fecal general86666December 31, 202511,995% over the limit
Toluene45151March 31, 202617,486% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit146345March 31, 20221,072% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual64444December 31, 20224,757% over the limit
Acrylonitrile02424December 31, 20143,165% over the limit
Solids, total suspended343715July 31, 20231,635% over the limit
Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F02113September 30, 2015520% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]21313September 30, 2017128% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia41111March 31, 2017416% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]222410June 30, 2022106% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]101010July 31, 2012397% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]41010March 31, 2017416% over the limit
Color [PT-CO units]21010October 31, 2018
Mercury, total [as Hg]6159June 30, 2014501% over the limit
Acetone488November 30, 20141,056% over the limit
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]24206May 31, 2022106% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1233February 29, 202434% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]20162August 31, 20148% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]422November 30, 202149% over the limit
Methyl isobutyl ketone422January 31, 2015522% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]022November 30, 2003158% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant36401June 30, 20042% over the limit
pH26271May 31, 2025
Iron, total [as Fe]32231July 31, 20125% over the limit
Chloroform811September 30, 202038% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]411April 30, 201148% over the limit
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]011July 31, 20084% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]18240
Chloride [as Cl]12160
Benzene14140
Oil and grease, hexane extr method10140
Cyanide, total [as CN]10140
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]460
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]440
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]600
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]600
Barium, total [as Ba]400
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]400
Nickel, total [as Ni]400
Antimony, total [as Sb]400
Lead, total recoverable400
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]400
Ethylbenzene400
Hexachlorobutadiene400
Ethanol400
Isopropanol400
Triethylamine400
Methanol, total400
Heptane400
Sulfate400
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]400
Ethyl acetate400
Phenolics, total recoverable200
Chem. oxygen demand [COD] % removal200
BOD, 5-day, percent removal200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 1, 2023Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
May 15, 2018Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
May 15, 2018Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
May 15, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.