Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020346
EMPORIA WWTP, Emporia, VA: NPDES VA0020346 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
EMPORIA WWTP, held by Emporia City, holds NPDES permit VA0020346, which discharges to Meherrin River-Falling Run. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 | EMPORIA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Emporia City |
| NPDES ID | VA0020346 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 22, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Emporia, VA 23847 |
| Receiving water | Meherrin River-Falling Run |
| Subwatershed | Falling Run-Meherrin River (HUC 030102040604) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 0 | 12 | 12 | October 31, 2000 | 60% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2014 | 111% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static 48HR Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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 VA0020346.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0020346.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VA0020346.
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.