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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVG612952

RIVER METALS RECYCLING, Charleston, WV: NPDES WVG612952 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RIVER METALS RECYCLING, held by THE DAVID J. JOSEPH COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WVG612952, which discharges to Twomile Creek/Kanawha River. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2025 and expiring March 6, 2030. 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.

What the register holds for RIVER METALS RECYCLING: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Charleston, West Virginia, its receiving water, and 8 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES WVG612952.

Identity

Facility as filedRIVER METALS RECYCLING
Permittee as filedTHE DAVID J. JOSEPH COMPANY
NPDES IDWVG612952
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 20, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 6, 2030
AddressCharleston, WV 25312
Receiving waterTwomile Creek/Kanawha River
SubwatershedTwomile Creek (HUC 050500080301)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended100
Oil and grease, hexane extr method100
Iron, total recoverable100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Aluminum, total recoverable100
Lead, total recoverable100
Copper, total recoverable100
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WVG612952.

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 WVG612952.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WVG612952, held by THE DAVID J. JOSEPH COMPANY for the facility RIVER METALS RECYCLING in Charleston, WV, discharging to Twomile Creek/Kanawha River. The permit is listed as effective and as a minor discharger, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The facts show issuance on November 20, 2025 and expiration on March 6, 2030.