Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0005169
COVESTRO NEW MARTINSVILLE, Proctor, WV: NPDES WV0005169 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 57Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COVESTRO NEW MARTINSVILLE, held by COVESTRO LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0005169, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 1998 and expiring January 24, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | COVESTRO NEW MARTINSVILLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COVESTRO LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV0005169 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 28, 1998 |
| Expiration date | January 24, 2018 |
| Address | Proctor, WV 26055 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Haynes Run-Ohio River (HUC 050302011004) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 71Pollutants on file
- 57Under a numeric limit
- 64With a violation of any kind
- 11With an effluent exceedance
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 71 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 28 | 69 | 19 | April 30, 2023 | 11,926% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 24 | 26 | 18 | March 31, 2019 | 1,021% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 14 | 12 | October 31, 2023 | 274% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 29 | 8 | February 28, 2006 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 12 | 8 | July 31, 2024 | 901% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 26 | 43 | 5 | January 31, 2024 | 675% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 20 | 18 | 2 | May 31, 2017 | 41% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Phenol | 22 | 39 | 1 | December 31, 2018 | 27% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 10 | 35 | 1 | January 31, 2021 | 103% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | 16% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 50 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 42 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 10 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Aniline | 6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 10 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Cresol | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | 48 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 24 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 24 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,6-Dinitrotoluene | 48 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 40 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 24 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 40 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
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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