Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0116793
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD., Lesage, WV: NPDES WV0116793 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. holds NPDES permit WV0116793, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2012 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 | ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. |
| NPDES ID | WV0116793 |
| 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 | November 30, 2012 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Lesage, WV 25537 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Paddy Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050901010709) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 38 | 38 | September 30, 2014 | 125% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 29 | 19 | March 31, 2016 | 750% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 25 | 13 | March 31, 2018 | 633% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 4 | December 31, 2015 | 218% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 12 | 2 | September 30, 2015 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 10 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0116793.
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.