Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0003697
BWXT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS GROUP INC, Lynchburg, VA: NPDES VA0003697 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
BWXT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS GROUP INC, held by BWX Technologies Inc, holds NPDES permit VA0003697, which discharges to James River-Archer Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2017 and expiring September 18, 2022. 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 | BWXT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS GROUP INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BWX Technologies Inc |
| NPDES ID | VA0003697 |
| 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 | September 18, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 18, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Lynchburg, VA 24504 |
| Receiving water | James River-Archer Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Archer Creek-James River (HUC 020802030401) |
| NAICS | 332410 – Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3443 – Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD046960449; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005103100006 |
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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 16 | 12 | 12 | March 31, 2025 | 135% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2025 | 3% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | 6% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Length of longest pH excursion | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 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 VA0003697.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0003697.
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 VA0003697.
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.