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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0028151

HURRICANE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Hurricane, WV: NPDES WV0028151 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HURRICANE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by HURRICANE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0028151, which discharges to Hurricane Creek/Kanawha River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 1981 and expiring June 7, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedHURRICANE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedHURRICANE, CITY OF
NPDES IDWV0028151
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 1981
Expiration dateJune 7, 2022
AddressHurricane, WV 25526
Receiving waterHURRICANE CREEK/Kanawha River
SubwatershedHurricane Creek (HUC 050500080306)

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
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]1210496June 30, 20261,070% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable25551November 30, 202497% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general64642July 31, 202614,900% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]123628July 31, 20265,362% over the limit
Flow rate61715June 30, 20261,986% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C142212May 31, 202690% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]477July 31, 2026171% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]175August 31, 20211% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]6144September 30, 202411,900% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]282May 31, 2007170% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]642December 31, 202260% over the limit
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable242September 30, 20241,071% over the limit
pH10111January 31, 2020
Solids, total suspended10111July 31, 20261% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]491July 31, 2026780% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]1280
Aluminum, total [as Al]1060
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant740
Iron, total recoverable440
Zinc, total recoverable240
Oil and grease, hexane extr method220
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]220
Nickel, total recoverable220
Silver total recoverable220
Cadmium, total recoverable220
Lead, total recoverable220
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]220
Mercury, total [as Hg]220
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]220
Solids, suspended percent removal120
BOD, 5-day, percent removal110
Cadmium, total [as Cd]400
Chromium, total [as Cr]400
Nickel, total [as Ni]400

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 22, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
February 13, 2023Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
February 13, 2023Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)ST6
June 22, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 22, 2021Pretreatment - IU Violation of Pretreatment StandardsST6
June 22, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
February 6, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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 15, 2026.