Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0001767
PACTIV LLC - GROTTOES PLASTICS PLANT, Grottoes, VA: NPDES VA0001767 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PACTIV LLC - GROTTOES PLASTICS PLANT, held by Pactiv LLC - Grottoes Plastics Plant, holds NPDES permit VA0001767, which discharges to Lower South River. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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 filed | PACTIV LLC - GROTTOES PLASTICS PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pactiv LLC - Grottoes Plastics Plant |
| NPDES ID | VA0001767 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Grottoes, VA 24441 |
| Receiving water | Lower South River |
| Subwatershed | Paine Run-South River (HUC 020700050705) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD041518663; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005101500002 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 28 | 28 | July 31, 2023 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2018 | 63% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 22, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 5, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 6, 2020 | 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 September 15, 2026.