Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0020699
TOWN OF ROMNEY, Romney, WV: NPDES WV0020699 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF ROMNEY, held by ROMNEY, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit WV0020699, which discharges to Big Run. EPA’s file records it issued December 12, 1980 and expiring February 7, 2026. 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 filed | TOWN OF ROMNEY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ROMNEY, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0020699 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 12, 1980 |
| Expiration date | February 7, 2026 |
| Address | Romney, WV 26757 |
| Receiving water | Big Run |
| Subwatershed | Fox Run-South Branch Potomac River (HUC 020700010608) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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] | 4 | 72 | 72 | January 31, 2026 | 631% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 30 | 30 | February 29, 2016 | 369,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 16 | 16 | February 28, 2019 | 296% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 4 | 14 | 14 | September 30, 2021 | 1,298% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 12 | 12 | January 31, 2014 | 3,900% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 7 | September 30, 2010 | 75% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2021 | 1,400% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 3 | October 31, 2015 | 155% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 10 | 3 | October 31, 2015 | 429% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2010 | 1,528% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2013 | 208% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 85% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2013 | 8% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 233% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0020699.
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.