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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0025739

CITY OF PENNSBORO, Pennsboro, WV: NPDES WV0025739 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF PENNSBORO, held by PENNSBORO, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0025739, which discharges to Bunnell Run. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 1977 and expiring February 27, 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 filedCITY OF PENNSBORO
Permittee as filedPENNSBORO, CITY OF
NPDES IDWV0025739
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 1, 1977
Expiration dateFebruary 27, 2024
AddressPennsboro, WV 26415
Receiving waterBUNNELL RUN
SubwatershedBunnell Run-North Fork Hughes River (HUC 050302030902)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual0154118June 30, 201042,757% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]814197July 31, 2025672% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal18073July 31, 2026560% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal15653July 31, 2026497% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general210147January 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended69131June 30, 20263,648% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable25129April 30, 2024151,067% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C85224September 30, 2025262% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable24422June 30, 20252,640% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]12114August 31, 202470% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method21414March 31, 2026145,690% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable23311September 30, 20251,800% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal, wet0135August 31, 2013514% over the limit
BOD, 5 day percent removal, dry0214February 28, 2017310% over the limit
BOD, 5 day percent removal, wet0114August 31, 2013310% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal, dry0203February 28, 2017273% over the limit
pH4262August 31, 2024
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3190
Solids, total, sludge, percent0120
Nitrogen, total [as N]060
Phosphorus, total [as P]060
Calcium, total [as Ca]040
Magnesium, total [as Mg]040
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]040
Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt.040
Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]040
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]040
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]040
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]040
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]040
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]040
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]040
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]040
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]040
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]040
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]040
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]040
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt040
Fecal coliform020
Flow rate200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 16, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 16, 2025Management Practice Violations - Inflow/Infiltration (I/I)ST6
April 16, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 2, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 2, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
May 2, 2019Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an orderST6

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.