Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020699
DOC POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, State Farm, VA: NPDES VA0020699 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOC POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, held by DOC, holds NPDES permit VA0020699, which discharges to James River-Mohawk Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2019 and expiring December 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 | DOC POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DOC |
| NPDES ID | VA0020699 |
| 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 | December 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | State Farm, VA 23160 |
| Receiving water | James River-Mohawk Creek |
| Subwatershed | Mohawk Creek-James River (HUC 020802050504) |
| NAICS | 922140 – Correctional Institutions |
| SIC | 9223 – Correctional Institutions |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD982364770; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005114500005 |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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] | 2 | 7 | 7 | April 30, 2023 | 350% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 1990 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 2 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 19% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 32% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 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 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 24, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 13, 2022 | 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.