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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020681

JAMES RIVER CORRECTION CENTER, State Farm, VA: NPDES VA0020681 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JAMES RIVER CORRECTION CENTER, held by DOC, holds NPDES permit VA0020681, which discharges to Beaverdam Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 29, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023.

JAMES RIVER CORRECTION CENTER, State Farm, Virginia: Individual permit VA0020681, held by DOC; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 29, 2018, term to April 30, 2023, by VA DEQ; discharges to Beaverdam Creek; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2024, largest 100% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2016, largest 13% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 6, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 148 were issued before VA0020681. DOC holds 5 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by DOC

Coverages issued nearest VA0020681

JAMES RIVER CORRECTION CENTER among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 9 discharge permits in the Mohawk Creek-James River subwatershed (HUC 020802050504), VA0020681 among them. Its county holds 8, 0 of them major permits; VA0020681 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Mohawk Creek-James River subwatershed (HUC 020802050504)

Identity

Facility as filedJAMES RIVER CORRECTION CENTER
Permittee as filedDOC
NPDES IDVA0020681
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 29, 2018
Expiration dateApril 30, 2023
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressState Farm, VA 23160
Receiving waterBeaverdam Creek
SubwatershedMohawk Creek-James River (HUC 020802050504)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]444February 29, 2024100% over the limit
Solids, total suspended411September 30, 201613% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]400
Chlorine, total residual300
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
E. coli100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0020681.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0020681.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 6, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit VA0020681 for the James River Correction Center in State Farm, VA, held by DOC and discharging to Beaverdam Creek within the Mohawk Creek-James River subwatershed, HUC 020802050504. The permit is listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.