Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0023108
CITY OF WEIRTON SANITARY BOARD, Weirton, WV: NPDES WV0023108 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 60Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF WEIRTON SANITARY BOARD, held by WEIRTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0023108, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 1995 and expiring July 28, 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 WEIRTON SANITARY BOARD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WEIRTON, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0023108 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 28, 1995 |
| Expiration date | July 28, 2025 |
| Address | Weirton, WV 26062 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Wills Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050301011109) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 60Pollutants on file
- 60Under a numeric limit
- 46With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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, total suspended | 43 | 55 | 27 | October 31, 2025 | 406% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 32 | 29 | 17 | June 30, 2026 | 200% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 20 | 22 | 16 | June 30, 2025 | 125% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 17 | 16 | June 30, 2025 | 123% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 14 | 12 | June 30, 2025 | 672% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 12 | 12 | 12 | November 30, 2024 | 914% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 12 | 11 | October 31, 2025 | 379% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 6 | February 28, 2015 | 57% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 34 | 29 | 5 | May 31, 2024 | 72% over the limit |
| pH | 26 | 17 | 5 | April 30, 2024 | |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 19 | 13 | 5 | June 30, 2024 | 1,261% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 12 | 5 | 5 | February 28, 2021 | 567% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 16 | 5 | 3 | March 31, 2015 | 416% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 8 | 3 | 1 | February 29, 2024 | 7% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 120% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 34 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 28 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 18 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| December 18, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| December 18, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| December 18, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| December 18, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| August 13, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| November 13, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | 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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