Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0004138
DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA – BREMO POWER STATION, Bremo Bluff, VA: NPDES VA0004138 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 43Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA – BREMO POWER STATION, held by Virginia Electric and Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0004138, which discharges to James River-Bear Garden Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 19, 2016 and expiring December 31, 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 | DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA – BREMO POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Virginia Electric and Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0004138 |
| 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 | January 19, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Bremo Bluff, VA 23022 |
| Receiving water | James River-Bear Garden Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bear Garden Creek-James River (HUC 020802031502) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD000621250; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005106500001 |
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
- 43Pollutants on file
- 43Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 7 | 4 | 3 | June 30, 2018 | 261% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 14 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 1998 | 12% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 1998 | 1,217% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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 VA0004138.
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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