Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020176
VICTORIA WEST SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Victoria, VA: NPDES VA0020176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VICTORIA WEST SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by Victoria West Sewage Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit VA0020176, which discharges to Upper Nottoway River/Big Hounds Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 23, 2013 and expiring August 28, 2018. 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 | VICTORIA WEST SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Victoria West Sewage Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | VA0020176 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 23, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 28, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Victoria, VA 23974 |
| Receiving water | Upper Nottoway River/Big Hounds Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Couches Creek (HUC 030102040203) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 69 | 65 | January 31, 2024 | 1,375% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 7 | 3 | April 30, 2024 | 461% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 1990 | 6% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 2, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 21, 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.