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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0116408

FAIRMONT BRINE PROCESSING LLC, Fairmont, WV: NPDES WV0116408 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FAIRMONT BRINE PROCESSING LLC holds NPDES permit WV0116408, which discharges to Monongahela River. EPA’s file records it issued November 6, 2009 and expiring November 5, 2014. 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 filedFAIRMONT BRINE PROCESSING LLC
Permittee as filedFAIRMONT BRINE PROCESSING LLC
NPDES IDWV0116408
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 6, 2009
Expiration dateNovember 5, 2014
AddressFairmont, WV 26554
Receiving waterMonongahela River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Creek-Monongahela River (HUC 050200030305)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 61 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended432468December 31, 201662,511% over the limit
Silver total recoverable632741December 31, 20151,519% over the limit
Vanadium, total [as V]243032December 31, 20151,197% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable649125December 31, 20151,749% over the limit
Titanium, total recoverable223220March 31, 2016717% over the limit
Phthalate esters646618December 31, 2016359,900% over the limit
Tin, total [as Sn]222816October 31, 2010268% over the limit
Radium 226 + radium 228, total447713January 31, 20171,184% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable445412November 30, 20153,483% over the limit
pH631612February 28, 2015
Selenium, total recoverable867311March 31, 20156,586% over the limit
Antimony, total [as Sb]630111February 28, 20153,041% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable44519July 31, 2015110% over the limit
n-Decane22259February 29, 2016581% over the limit
Chromium, total recoverable22248February 28, 2015730% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]64557November 30, 2014121% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable24037September 30, 2014250% over the limit
Radiation, gross alpha44706January 31, 2017405% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]4815November 30, 2014274% over the limit
Cobalt, total [as Co]22204December 31, 2016220% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method42633February 29, 201644% over the limit
n-Octadecane22193February 29, 201689% over the limit
Benzene64502December 31, 20141,169% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable62922April 30, 2010481% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved64391August 31, 201424% over the limit
Chloroform44351April 30, 201520% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant64800
Chloride [as Cl]64780
Aluminum, total recoverable64780
Radiation, gross beta44640
Fluoride, total [as F]44340
Iron, total recoverable44340
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]44340
Boron, total recoverable44340
Strontium, total [as Sr]44340
Lithium, total [as Li]44340
Dibromochloromethane44340
Sulfate44340
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]23960
Hydrocarbons, nitrated42540
Barium, total [as Ba]42340
Cyanide, total [as CN]22160
Lead, total recoverable22160
Butyl benzyl phthalate22160
Fluoranthene22160
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]22160
Mercury, total [as Hg]22160
Carbazole22160
Chlorine, total residual01880
Bromide [as Br]01820
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia2820
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]2820
Nitrogen, total [as N]4800
Phosphorus, total [as P]4800
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]4760
Strontium 90, total4740
Iron, total [as Fe]2440
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2440
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable2380
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]4280

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0116408.

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.