Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0077020
SOLUTIA INC. - ARMOUR CREEK LANDFILL, Nitro, WV: NPDES WV0077020 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOLUTIA INC. - ARMOUR CREEK LANDFILL, held by SOLUTIA INC., holds NPDES permit WV0077020, which discharges to Armour Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 1994 and expiring May 5, 2021. 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 | SOLUTIA INC. - ARMOUR CREEK LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOLUTIA INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV0077020 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 23, 1994 |
| Expiration date | May 5, 2021 |
| Address | Nitro, WV 25143 |
| Receiving water | ARMOUR CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Scary Creek-Kanawha River (HUC 050500080304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 64 | 58 | June 30, 2016 | |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 63 | 57 | November 30, 2024 | 2,300% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 27 | 23 | July 31, 2021 | 776% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 15 | 9 | November 30, 2021 | 104% over the limit |
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 5 | December 31, 2016 | 90% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 2 | September 30, 2015 | 204% over the limit |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | 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.