Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0045730
CRAIGSVILLE PSD, Craigsville, WV: NPDES WV0045730 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 21Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CRAIGSVILLE PSD holds NPDES permit WV0045730, which discharges to Gauley River. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 1993 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 | CRAIGSVILLE PSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CRAIGSVILLE PSD |
| NPDES ID | WV0045730 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 21, 1993 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Address | Craigsville, WV 26205 |
| Receiving water | GAULEY RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Big Laurel Creek-Gauley River (HUC 050500050303) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 56Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 55With a violation of any kind
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 94 | 74 | April 30, 2026 | 372% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 67 | 57 | August 31, 2021 | 2,908% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 95 | 53 | July 31, 2026 | 29,900% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 80 | 36 | July 31, 2026 | 414,794% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 10 | 52 | 36 | December 31, 2025 | 383% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 53 | 27 | June 30, 2026 | 604% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 39 | 27 | May 31, 2013 | 1,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 62 | 26 | November 30, 2025 | 988% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 31 | 21 | October 31, 2019 | 1,847% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 19 | 13 | August 31, 2018 | 18,533% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 20 | 8 | February 28, 2022 | 7,307% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 13 | 8 | July 31, 2024 | 380% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 35 | 5 | June 30, 2021 | 233% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 17 | 5 | October 31, 2023 | 4,870% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 5 | January 31, 2022 | 567% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 70 | 4 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 16 | 4 | July 31, 2020 | 7,664% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 16 | 4 | July 31, 2020 | 8,279% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 22 | 2 | June 30, 2020 | 22,800% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 14 | 2 | July 31, 2020 | 2,549% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 1 | July 31, 2015 | 27% over the limit |
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt. | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 23, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
| March 23, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 23, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Inflow/Infiltration (I/I) | 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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