Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1029452
SANDY CREEK WATERSHED, Thornton, WV: NPDES WV1029452 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SANDY CREEK WATERSHED, held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit WV1029452, which discharges to Maple Rn. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2019 and expiring December 11, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SANDY CREEK WATERSHED |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION |
| NPDES ID | WV1029452 |
| 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 13, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 11, 2024 |
| Address | Thornton, WV 26440 |
| Receiving water | MAPLE RN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Sandy Creek (HUC 050200010501) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 74 | 68 | May 31, 2026 | 290% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 4 | 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 WV1029452.
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 15, 2026.