Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0020672
TOWN OF ANSTED, Ansted, WV: NPDES WV0020672 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF ANSTED, held by ANSTED, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit WV0020672, which discharges to Mill Creek / New River / Kanawha River. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 1976 and expiring May 13, 2024. 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 ANSTED |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ANSTED, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0020672 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 13, 1976 |
| Expiration date | May 13, 2024 |
| Address | Ansted, WV 25812 |
| Receiving water | MILL CREEK / NEW RIVER / KANAWHA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Mill Creek-New River (HUC 050500040305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 36Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 36With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 68 | 57 | November 30, 2025 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 94 | 54 | October 31, 2025 | 750% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 49 | 41 | August 31, 2025 | 567% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 51 | 37 | June 30, 2017 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 44 | 26 | February 28, 2026 | 9,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 53 | 21 | February 28, 2025 | 241% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 26 | 14 | September 30, 2013 | 94% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 35 | 11 | July 31, 2024 | 134% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 4 | September 30, 2018 | 290% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 25 | 3 | October 31, 2023 | |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | 33% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt. | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2024 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| February 27, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| February 27, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| January 31, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| January 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| January 31, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.