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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0037397

COWEN PSD, Cowen, WV: NPDES WV0037397 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COWEN PSD holds NPDES permit WV0037397, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary/Big Ditch Run/Gauley River/Kanaw. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 1975 and expiring November 28, 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 filedCOWEN PSD
Permittee as filedCOWEN PSD
NPDES IDWV0037397
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
IssuedJune 11, 1975
Expiration dateNovember 28, 2022
AddressCowen, WV 26206
Receiving waterUnnamed Tributary/Big Ditch Run/Gauley River/Kanaw
SubwatershedTurkey Creek-Gauley River (HUC 050500050302)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C16348104July 31, 2026930% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general416375January 31, 20255,949% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]417163January 31, 20241,220% over the limit
Solids, total suspended1230254April 30, 20251,007% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable27137July 31, 20269,049,900% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable26925April 30, 20172,174,186% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal15123September 30, 2024567% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]48921May 31, 202614,900% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]14719September 30, 202117% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal13911February 28, 2022567% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant5958March 31, 2026900% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]4768December 31, 202378,525% over the limit
pH4995September 30, 2022
Lead, total recoverable2395March 31, 20172,889,900% over the limit
Flow rate2362May 31, 2020500% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4680
Lead, total [as Pb]4680
Chlorine, total residual2440
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2400
Nitrogen, total [as N]0200
Phosphorus, total [as P]0200
Solids, total, sludge, percent060
Calcium, total [as Ca]020
Magnesium, total [as Mg]020
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]020
Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt.020
Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]020
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]020
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]020
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]020
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]020
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]020
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]020
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]020
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]020
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]020
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]020
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]020
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt020

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
January 23, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 23, 2019Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 15, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
August 15, 2017Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)ST6
August 15, 2017Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6

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.