Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020940
BIG STONE GAP REGIONAL WWTP, Big Stone Gap, VA: NPDES VA0020940 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG STONE GAP REGIONAL WWTP, held by Big Stone Gap Town, holds NPDES permit VA0020940, which discharges to Powell River-Camp Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 3, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | BIG STONE GAP REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Big Stone Gap Town |
| NPDES ID | VA0020940 |
| 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 | August 3, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 |
| Receiving water | Powell River-Camp Creek |
| Subwatershed | Camp Creek-Powell River (HUC 060102060201) |
| 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
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2025 | 59% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2026 | 157% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 3 | 3 | February 28, 2003 | 26% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2003 | 5% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2003 | 10% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2001 | 6% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 47% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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
- 13Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 21, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 4, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 18, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 10, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 1, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 21, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 23, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 3, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 26, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 22, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 15, 2018 | 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.