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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0037486

UNION PSD, Nitro, WV: NPDES WV0037486 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UNION PSD holds NPDES permit WV0037486, which discharges to Kanawha River/Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 1975 and expiring June 30, 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 filedUNION PSD
Permittee as filedUNION PSD
NPDES IDWV0037486
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
IssuedJanuary 25, 1975
Expiration dateJune 30, 2022
AddressNitro, WV 25356
Receiving waterKanawha River/Ohio River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedScary Creek-Kanawha River (HUC 050500080304)

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
Zinc, total recoverable45757May 31, 2010340% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general21717February 28, 202514,900% over the limit
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable21212June 30, 20123,900% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable466July 31, 2017433% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal265January 31, 202693% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C16114December 31, 202435% over the limit
Solids, total suspended16103January 31, 202673% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]892July 31, 2025177% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal232February 28, 202620% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]422June 30, 202330% over the limit
pH851March 31, 2024
Oil and grease, hexane extr method16120
Copper, total [as Cu]12110
Zinc, total [as Zn]12110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]470
Flow rate1060
Arsenic, total [as As]630
Cyanide, total [as CN]430
Cadmium, total [as Cd]430
Chromium, total [as Cr]430
Lead, total [as Pb]430
Nickel, total [as Ni]430
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant620
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chlorine, total residual200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]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
March 19, 2026Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
March 19, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 19, 2026Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 14, 2024Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
June 14, 2024Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
June 14, 2024Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 14, 2024Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
June 14, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 14, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 14, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 9, 2022Biosolids: Other Management Practice ViolationST6
March 22, 2018Management Practice Violations - Inflow/Infiltration (I/I)ST6
March 22, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
June 1, 2017Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
June 1, 2017Reporting 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.