Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0002071
DOMINION - POSSUM POINT POWER STATION, Dumfries, VA: NPDES VA0002071 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 50Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
DOMINION - POSSUM POINT POWER STATION, held by Virginia Electric and Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0002071, which discharges to Quantico Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 3, 2013 and expiring April 2, 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 | DOMINION - POSSUM POINT POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Virginia Electric and Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0002071 |
| 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 | April 3, 2013 |
| Expiration date | April 2, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Dumfries, VA 22026 |
| Receiving water | Quantico Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Quantico Creek (HUC 020700110104) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD000620476; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005115300002 |
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
- 50Pollutants on file
- 50Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2012 | 338% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, dissolved [as Be] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 18 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0002071.
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
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VA0002071.
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.