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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WVL021822

CITY OF GRAFTON, Grafton, WV: NPDES WVL021822 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF GRAFTON, held by GRAFTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WVL021822. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 filedCITY OF GRAFTON
Permittee as filedGRAFTON, CITY OF
NPDES IDWVL021822
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeAssociated permit record
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramBiosolids
IssuedJanuary 1, 2021
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressGrafton, WV 26354
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWickwire Run-Tygart Valley River (HUC 050200010707)

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
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]011December 31, 1997116% over the limit
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]011December 31, 199796% over the limit
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]011December 31, 199711% over the limit

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 WVL021822.

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 EPA permit record covers NPDES permit WVL021822, held by CITY OF GRAFTON in Grafton, WV, with its status shown as administratively continued and its discharger class as minor. The page lists three pollutants on file, none under a numeric limit, and three with an effluent exceedance, within the Wickwire Run-Tygart Valley River watershed (HUC 050200010707).