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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVG417797

MICHAEL J SPEARS, Charleston, WV: NPDES WVG417797 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MICHAEL J SPEARS, held by SPEARS, MICHAEL J, holds NPDES permit WVG417797, which discharges to Roadside Ditch/Fivemile Fk/Coopers Ck/Elk Rv/Kanaw. EPA’s file records it issued March 12, 2026 and expiring June 30, 2029. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for MICHAEL J SPEARS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Charleston, West Virginia, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES WVG417797.

Identity

Facility as filedMICHAEL J SPEARS
Permittee as filedSPEARS, MICHAEL J
NPDES IDWVG417797
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 12, 2026
Expiration dateJune 30, 2029
AddressCharleston, WV 25312
Receiving waterRoadside Ditch/Fivemile Fk/Coopers Ck/Elk Rv/Kanaw
SubwatershedCoopers Creek-Elk River (HUC 050500070908)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES WVG417797.

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 WVG417797.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

Violations are on file for 14.8% of the 142 general permit coverages in Kanawha County, where MICHAEL J SPEARS is registered. Of all 142 coverages in that county, including this permit, 85.2% were issued earlier than this permit, and the Coopers Creek-Elk River subwatershed contains 9 NPDES permits.