Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0020109
TOWN OF WEST UNION, West Union, WV: NPDES WV0020109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF WEST UNION, held by WEST UNION, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit WV0020109, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary/Middle Island Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 1973 and expiring November 27, 2022. 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 | TOWN OF WEST UNION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WEST UNION, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0020109 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 17, 1973 |
| Expiration date | November 27, 2022 |
| Address | West Union, WV 26456 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Tributary/Middle Island Creek |
| Subwatershed | Nutter Fork-Middle Island Creek (HUC 050302010404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 43Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 41With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 192 | 96 | May 31, 2023 | 894% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 62 | 56 | May 31, 2017 | 391% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal, dry | 1 | 63 | 55 | August 31, 2025 | 247% over the limit |
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, dry | 1 | 59 | 52 | February 29, 2008 | 100% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 41 | 27 | September 30, 2013 | 120% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 133 | 23 | May 31, 2021 | 228% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 59 | 9 | August 31, 2025 | 26,400% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 60 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 115 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 95% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 29 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 1% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, wet | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal, wet | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, estimated | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 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
- 10Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2022 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #1(Proper operation and maintenance) | ST6 |
| August 31, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| August 31, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
| May 16, 2019 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #1(Proper operation and maintenance) | ST6 |
| May 16, 2019 | WW CSO - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR) | ST6 |
| May 16, 2019 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| November 1, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| November 1, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| November 1, 2017 | Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR) | ST6 |
| June 6, 2017 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | 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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