Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0023183
CITY OF BECKLEY, Beckley, WV: NPDES WV0023183 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF BECKLEY, held by BECKLEY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0023183, which discharges to Piney Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 1976 and expiring June 30, 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 | CITY OF BECKLEY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BECKLEY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0023183 |
| 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 | October 15, 1976 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | Beckley, WV 25801 |
| Receiving water | PINEY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Piney Creek (HUC 050500040103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 26 | 20 | October 31, 2025 | 759% over the limit |
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 4 | 11 | 5 | November 30, 2019 | 200% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 10 | 47 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 143% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 43 | 2 | October 31, 2016 | 705% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 8 | 2 | September 30, 2019 | 89% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2018 | 27% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2018 | 144% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 42 | 1 | May 31, 2019 | 18% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 3% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 63 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 41 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 6 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, wet | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal, wet | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | 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.