Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0023353
CITY OF FAIRMONT, Fairmont, WV: NPDES WV0023353 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF FAIRMONT, held by FAIRMONT, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0023353, which discharges to Monongahela River. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 1980 and expiring June 25, 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 FAIRMONT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FAIRMONT, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0023353 |
| 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, 1980 |
| Expiration date | June 25, 2024 |
| Address | Fairmont, WV 26554 |
| Receiving water | MONONGAHELA RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Guyses Run-Tygart Valley River (HUC 050200010709) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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] | 10 | 76 | 5 | November 30, 2024 | 242% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 73 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 340% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal, wet | 1 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 83% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2008 | 79% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal, dry | 1 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 65% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 72 | 1 | January 31, 2016 | 267% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 70 | 1 | July 31, 2015 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 70 | 1 | April 30, 2019 | 70% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 9 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 6 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 67 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, wet | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, dry | 1 | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
| March 27, 2025 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| March 27, 2025 | WW CSO - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
| October 16, 2023 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| September 12, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| January 28, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| January 28, 2020 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| January 28, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric 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.