Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0027472
NEW MARTINSVILLE, New Martinsville, WV: NPDES WV0027472 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEW MARTINSVILLE, held by NEW MARTINSVILLE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0027472, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 1980 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 | NEW MARTINSVILLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NEW MARTINSVILLE, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0027472 |
| 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 | December 31, 1980 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Address | New Martinsville, WV 26155 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Fishing Creek (HUC 050302010206) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 4 | 81 | 75 | December 31, 2023 | 1,787% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal, dry | 0 | 68 | 68 | December 31, 2012 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, dry | 0 | 67 | 67 | December 31, 2012 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 18 | 10 | July 31, 2022 | 777% over the limit |
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 4 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2007 | 266% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 6 | 2 | February 28, 2017 | 82% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | 2,400% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2007 | 37% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2009 | 108% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal, wet | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5 day percent removal, wet | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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
- 11Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 2, 2024 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| August 2, 2024 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #5 (Elimination of dry weather flow) | ST6 |
| August 2, 2024 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #2 (Maximum use of the collection system) | ST6 |
| August 2, 2024 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #6 (Control of solids) | ST6 |
| March 15, 2022 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| March 15, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| March 15, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| March 15, 2022 | Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Other Surface Disposal Requirement Violation | ST6 |
| August 25, 2020 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #1(Proper operation and maintenance) | ST6 |
| August 25, 2020 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #9 (Monitoring) | ST6 |
| November 14, 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.