Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0006483
GEORGIA PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS - EMPORIA - PLYWOOD, Emporia, VA: NPDES VA0006483 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEORGIA PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS - EMPORIA - PLYWOOD, held by Georgia Pacific Wood Products - Emporia - Plywood, holds NPDES permit VA0006483, which discharges to Meherrin River/Falling Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 27, 2017 and expiring October 31, 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 | GEORGIA PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS - EMPORIA - PLYWOOD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Georgia Pacific Wood Products - Emporia - Plywood |
| NPDES ID | VA0006483 |
| 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 27, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Emporia, VA 23847 |
| Receiving water | Meherrin River/Falling Creek |
| Subwatershed | Falling Run-Meherrin River (HUC 030102040604) |
| SIC | 2436 – Softwood Veneer And Plywood |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD000621730 |
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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0006483.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2023 | 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.