Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0022225
BUCHANAN TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Buchanan, VA: NPDES VA0022225 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
BUCHANAN TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by Buchanan Town - Sewage Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit VA0022225, which discharges to James River/Jennings Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 27, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BUCHANAN TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Buchanan Town - Sewage Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | VA0022225 |
| 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 | June 27, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Buchanan, VA 24066 |
| Receiving water | James River/Jennings Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Purgatory Creek-James River (HUC 020802011501) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 1 | 5 | 4 | May 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 7 | 3 | October 31, 2024 | 196% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 22, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0022225.
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 VA0022225.
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 September 15, 2026.