Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0004103
DOMINION - YORKTOWN POWER STATION, Yorktown, VA: NPDES VA0004103 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOMINION - YORKTOWN POWER STATION, held by Virginia Electric and Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0004103, which discharges to York River-Sarah Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 14, 2012 and expiring November 13, 2017. 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 - YORKTOWN POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Virginia Electric and Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0004103 |
| 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 | November 14, 2012 |
| Expiration date | November 13, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Yorktown, VA 23692 |
| Receiving water | York River-Sarah Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sarah Creek-York River (HUC 020801070204) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD000619767 |
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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 7 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 58% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 15 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2017 | 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 October 14, 2026.