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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0001279

WASHINGTON WORKS, Washington, WV: NPDES WV0001279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WASHINGTON WORKS, held by THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0001279, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2003 and expiring June 30, 2012. 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 filedWASHINGTON WORKS
Permittee as filedTHE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
NPDES IDWV0001279
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
IssuedAugust 4, 2003
Expiration dateJune 30, 2012
AddressWashington, WV 26181
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSandy Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050302020106)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 95 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
C3 Dimer Acid/Salt16421169July 31, 20266,143% over the limit
Solids, total suspended98425145March 31, 20261,151% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]38136106January 31, 20122,569% over the limit
pH5622684June 30, 2026
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C243434May 31, 20251,978% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual323927November 30, 2022777% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]82424November 30, 2009143% over the limit
Halomethanes161616December 31, 20102,476% over the limit
pH range excursions, > 60 minutes21414March 31, 20262,147,483,650% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general21212November 30, 2025505% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit63511May 31, 202615% over the limit
Ammonium perfluoroctanoate242519March 31, 2026248% over the limit
Toluene2477June 30, 2018465% over the limit
pH range excursions, monthly total accum244May 31, 200972% over the limit
Methylene chloride2433December 31, 2022455% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12962February 28, 2023506% over the limit
Trichloroethylene2422December 31, 201085,900% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant372430
Iron, total recoverable02180
Aluminum, total recoverable02180
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]781280
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)0740
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)0740
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)0740
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)0740
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)0740
Perfluorooctanesulfonate0720
Perfluorohexane Sulfonate0640
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)0600
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)0600
Chloride [as Cl]42340
Aluminum, total [as Al]30300
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]3280
Chloroform2000
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]2000
Carbon tetrachloride1200
1,2-Dichloroethane1200
Benzene1200
Acenaphthylene1200
Acenaphthene1200
Acrylonitrile1200
Anthracene1200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene1200
Benzo[a]pyrene1200
Chlorobenzene1200
Chrysene1200
Diethyl phthalate1200
Dimethyl phthalate1200
Ethylbenzene1200
Fluoranthene1200
Fluorene1200
Hexachlorobutadiene1200
Hexachloroethane1200
Nitrobenzene1200
Phenanthrene1200
Pyrene1200
Tetrachloroethylene1200
1,1-Dichloroethane1200
1,1-Dichloroethylene1200
1,1,1-Trichloroethane1200

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
August 27, 2025Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
August 27, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 27, 2025Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
July 20, 2023Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
July 20, 2023Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
July 20, 2023Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
August 19, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.