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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0022241

BROOKNEAL TOWN - STAUNTON RIVER LAGOON, Brookneal, VA: NPDES VA0022241 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BROOKNEAL TOWN - STAUNTON RIVER LAGOON, held by Brookneal Town, holds NPDES permit VA0022241, which discharges to Roanoke River-Whipping Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2018 and expiring May 22, 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 filedBROOKNEAL TOWN - STAUNTON RIVER LAGOON
Permittee as filedBrookneal Town
NPDES IDVA0022241
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 23, 2018
Expiration dateMay 22, 2023
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressBrookneal, VA 24528
Receiving waterRoanoke River-Whipping Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWhipping Creek-Roanoke River (HUC 030101020105)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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
Solids, total suspended45050July 31, 2025227% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C499May 31, 2025135% over the limit
E. coli177May 31, 2025525% over the limit
pH255January 31, 2021
BOD, percent removal [total]022June 30, 2025164% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0022241.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit VA0022241 for Brookneal Town's Staunton River Lagoon in Brookneal, VA, a minor, publicly owned treatment works discharging to Roanoke River-Whipping Creek. The permit is administratively continued, and the page lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.