Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0003409
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - LAMBERTS POINT, Norfolk, VA: NPDES VA0003409 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - LAMBERTS POINT, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, holds NPDES permit VA0003409, which discharges to Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - LAMBERTS POINT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Norfolk Southern Railway Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0003409 |
| 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 | October 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Norfolk, VA 23507 |
| Receiving water | Elizabeth River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080206) |
| NAICS | 482111 – Line-Haul Railroads |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD044779015; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005171000048 |
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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2025 | 111% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 1990 | 35% over the limit |
| pH | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 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 VA0003409.
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.