Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0001015
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - CLINCH RIVER PLANT, Cleveland, VA: NPDES VA0001015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - CLINCH RIVER PLANT, held by Appalachian Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0001015, which discharges to Clinch River-Big Spring Branch. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - CLINCH RIVER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Appalachian Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0001015 |
| 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 | July 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Cleveland, VA 24225 |
| Receiving water | Clinch River-Big Spring Branch |
| Subwatershed | Thompson Creek-Clinch River (HUC 060102050401) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
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
- 38Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2021 | 102% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2017 | 86% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | 23% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 5 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | 65% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static 48HR Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0001015.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2026 | Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter | State |
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.