Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0000299
CELANESE ACETATE LLC, Narrows, VA: NPDES VA0000299 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CELANESE ACETATE LLC, held by Celanese Acetate LLC, holds NPDES permit VA0000299, which discharges to New River/East River. EPA’s file records it issued June 25, 2013 and expiring June 27, 2018. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CELANESE ACETATE LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Celanese Acetate LLC |
| NPDES ID | VA0000299 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 25, 2013 |
| Expiration date | June 27, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Narrows, VA 24124 |
| Receiving water | New River/East River |
| Subwatershed | Clendennin Creek-Bluestone Lake (HUC 050500020602) |
| NAICS | 325211 – Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2821 – Plastics Materials And Resins |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD005007679; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005107100004 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 10 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2025 | 108% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2021 | 73% over the limit |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 3 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 120% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2007 | 45% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 1 | 0 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 4, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 24, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
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 October 14, 2026.