Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0004669
DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA LLC - SPRUANCE PLANT, North Chesterfield, VA: NPDES VA0004669 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 91Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA LLC - SPRUANCE PLANT, held by E I du Pont de Nemours and Company - Spruance Plt, holds NPDES permit VA0004669, which discharges to James River/Falling Creek/Proctors Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2008 and expiring September 29, 2013. 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 | DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA LLC - SPRUANCE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | E I du Pont de Nemours and Company - Spruance Plt |
| NPDES ID | VA0004669 |
| 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 | September 30, 2008 |
| Expiration date | September 29, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | North Chesterfield, VA 23234 |
| Receiving water | James River/Falling Creek/Proctors Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Almond Creek-James River (HUC 020802060101) |
| NAICS | 325211 – Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2821 – Plastics Materials And Resins |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD009305137; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005104100001 |
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
- 91Pollutants on file
- 91Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 91 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 10 | 10 | January 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2022 | 295% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 22 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2020 | 20% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2013 | 2% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2019 | 1% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 24 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexamethylphosphoramide [HMPA] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorofluoromethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 10, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 8, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 12, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 16, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 14, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 21, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 21, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 13, 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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