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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0022250

BROOKNEAL TOWN - FALLING RIVER LAGOON, Brookneal, VA: NPDES VA0022250 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BROOKNEAL TOWN - FALLING RIVER LAGOON, held by Brookneal Town, holds NPDES permit VA0022250, which discharges to Falling River-Hat Creek-Phelps Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 25, 2018 and expiring May 24, 2023.

BROOKNEAL TOWN - FALLING RIVER LAGOON, Brookneal, Virginia: Individual permit VA0022250, held by Brookneal Town; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 25, 2018, term to May 24, 2023, by VA DEQ; discharges to Falling River-Hat Creek-Phelps Creek; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 269% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 22% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2019.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2020, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 47% over the limit.
  • BOD, percent removal [total]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2025, largest 82% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 147 were issued before VA0022250. Brookneal Town holds 3 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Brookneal Town

Coverages issued nearest VA0022250

BROOKNEAL TOWN - FALLING RIVER LAGOON among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Hat Creek-Falling River subwatershed (HUC 030101020207), VA0022250 among them. Its county holds 22, 1 of them major permits; VA0022250 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Hat Creek-Falling River subwatershed (HUC 030101020207)

  • BROOKNEAL TOWN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Brookneal: VAG640073, minor permit, discharging to Falling River-Hat Creek-Phelps Creek, permit term to June 30, 2023
  • FOSTER FUELS INC, Brookneal: VAG750164, minor permit, discharging to Falling River-Hat Creek-Phelps Creek, permit term to October 15, 2022
  • FOSTER FUELS INC, Brookneal: VAR051777, minor permit, discharging to Falling River-Hat Creek-Phelps Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filedBROOKNEAL TOWN - FALLING RIVER LAGOON
Permittee as filedBrookneal Town
NPDES IDVA0022250
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 25, 2018
Expiration dateMay 24, 2023
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressBrookneal, VA 24528
Receiving waterFalling River-Hat Creek-Phelps Creek
SubwatershedHat Creek-Falling River (HUC 030101020207)
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
Solids, total suspended42020June 30, 2025269% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C422December 31, 202122% over the limit
pH222July 31, 2019
E. coli122December 31, 202099,999% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal022June 30, 202547% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]011June 30, 202582% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0022250.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0022250.

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 VA0022250.

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This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit VA0022250 for BROOKNEAL TOWN - FALLING RIVER LAGOON in Brookneal, VA, held by Brookneal Town and classed as a minor discharger, with an administratively continued status. The listed figures are 5 for discharger class and 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 6 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.