Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0020125
CITY OF CAMERON, Cameron, WV: NPDES WV0020125 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF CAMERON, held by CAMERON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0020125, which discharges to Grave Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 1974 and expiring May 27, 2025. 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 | CITY OF CAMERON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CAMERON, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0020125 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 30, 1974 |
| Expiration date | May 27, 2025 |
| Address | Cameron, WV 26033 |
| Receiving water | GRAVE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Grave Creek (HUC 050301060802) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 234 | 168 | May 31, 2026 | 19,131% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 242 | 110 | October 31, 2025 | 1,441% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 85 | 75 | July 31, 2026 | 63,260% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 101 | 67 | March 31, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 177 | 45 | March 31, 2025 | 436% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 64 | 29 | November 30, 2024 | 79% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 57 | 23 | October 31, 2024 | 563% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 84 | 22 | March 31, 2018 | 389% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 86 | 18 | August 31, 2022 | 11,998% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 78 | 18 | March 31, 2014 | 650% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 12 | 6 | February 28, 2021 | 212% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 142 | 4 | March 31, 2022 | 85% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 9 | 3 | November 30, 2025 | 110,500% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 8 | 2 | September 30, 2021 | 28,500% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 8 | 2 | September 30, 2021 | 7,690% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 85 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 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 |
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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| December 10, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| June 23, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| June 23, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 29, 2019 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| May 29, 2019 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #1(Proper operation and maintenance) | ST6 |
| May 29, 2019 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #9 (Monitoring) | ST6 |
| May 29, 2019 | WW CSO - Narrative effluent violation | ST6 |
| May 29, 2019 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #6 (Control of solids) | 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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