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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0004626

ERGON - WEST VIRGINIA, INC., Newell, WV: NPDES WV0004626 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ERGON - WEST VIRGINIA, INC., held by ERGON-WEST VIRGINIA, INC., holds NPDES permit WV0004626, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 1984 and expiring November 15, 2022. 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 filedERGON - WEST VIRGINIA, INC.
Permittee as filedERGON-WEST VIRGINIA, INC.
NPDES IDWV0004626
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
IssuedDecember 20, 1984
Expiration dateNovember 15, 2022
AddressNewell, WV 26050
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCarpenter Run-Ohio River (HUC 050301011103)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant125017March 31, 202081% over the limit
Solids, total suspended166816April 30, 20262,022% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]106716August 31, 2023220% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable23214April 30, 2026264% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21812June 30, 2025912% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable83810June 30, 2026327% over the limit
Phenolics, total recoverable81810October 31, 201934,965% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8179December 31, 2022135% over the limit
pH10488May 31, 2025
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8115August 31, 2023410% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2115November 30, 20251,400% over the limit
Flow rate043March 31, 20183% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method14272November 30, 2022316% over the limit
Sulfide, total [as S]471July 31, 2019118% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]6300
Chloride [as Cl]9240
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit6120
Oil & Grease0120
Chromium, total [as Cr]880
Sulfate, total [as SO4]480
Solids, total dissolved480
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]840
Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F040
Arsenic, total [as As]040
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]220
Arsenic, total recoverable220
Barium, total [as Ba]220
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable020
Zinc, total recoverable200
Benzene200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200

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
June 12, 2024Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
June 12, 2024Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
June 12, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 12, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 12, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
September 9, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
September 9, 2020Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
September 9, 2020Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6

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.