Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0080900
ELK VALLEY PSD, Elkview, WV: NPDES WV0080900 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELK VALLEY PSD holds NPDES permit WV0080900, which discharges to Elk River/Kanawha River/Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued March 4, 1994 and expiring April 4, 2022. 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 | ELK VALLEY PSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ELK VALLEY PSD |
| NPDES ID | WV0080900 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 4, 1994 |
| Expiration date | April 4, 2022 |
| Address | Elkview, WV 25071 |
| Receiving water | Elk River/Kanawha River/Ohio River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Coopers Creek-Elk River (HUC 050500070908) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 28 | 16 | August 31, 2024 | 1,675% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 7 | 3 | June 30, 2020 | 111% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 18 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 8% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 14 | 2 | September 30, 2021 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 17 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | 2,733% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2023 | Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/U | ST6 |
| October 23, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 23, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| January 6, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| January 6, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| January 6, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| January 6, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| July 29, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| July 29, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | 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.