Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0023825

SHENANDOAH STP, Shenandoah, VA: NPDES VA0023825 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SHENANDOAH STP, held by Shenandoah Town, holds NPDES permit VA0023825, which discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run. EPA’s file records it issued July 16, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026.

SHENANDOAH STP, Shenandoah, Virginia: Individual permit VA0023825, held by Shenandoah Town; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 16, 2021, term to July 31, 2026, by VA DEQ; discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 1990, largest 70% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 7, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).
July 1, 2025: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
August 9, 2024: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
January 28, 2024: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
January 9, 2024: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
November 21, 2023: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
November 12, 2021: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
April 14, 2019: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).
September 1, 2018: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).
June 3, 2018: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 329 were issued before VA0023825.

Coverages issued nearest VA0023825

July 1, 2021: HARRISTON WWTP, Grottoes, VA0027901, held by Augusta County Service Authority
July 1, 2021: FALLING RUN WWTP, Emporia, VA0070271, held by Greensville County Water and Sewer Authority
July 1, 2021: FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS - WINDY GAP ELEMENTARY, Hardy, VA0090719, held by Franklin County Public Schools
July 12, 2021: SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOLS - TWIN SPRINGS HIGH, Nickelsville, VA0066311, held by Scott County Public Schools
July 13, 2021: BASTIAN WWTP, Bastian, VA0089583, held by Bland County Service Authority
July 26, 2021: HALIFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS CLAYS MILL ELEMENTARY, Scottsburg, VA0022748, held by Dale Miller
September 1, 2021: ALLEGHANY CO - LOWER JACKSON RIVER REGIONAL WWTP, Iron Gate, VA0090671, held by Alleghany Co
June 21, 2022: HILLSBORO TOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PACKAGE PLANT, Hillsboro, VA0093114, held by Hillsboro Town
November 1, 2022: WESTERN LEE COUNTY WWTP, Ewing, VA0093157, held by Lee County Public Service Authority
March 17, 2023: LINVILLE EDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WWTP, Linville, VA0093173, held by Rockingham County Public Schools

SHENANDOAH STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Fultz Run-South Fork Shenandoah River subwatershed (HUC 020700050901), VA0023825 among them. Its county holds 13, 1 of them major permits; VA0023825 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fultz Run-South Fork Shenandoah River subwatershed (HUC 020700050901)

BOATRIGHT WILLIAM RESIDENCE, Shenandoah: VAG408523, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run, permit term to July 31, 2026
DODD PETER F RESIDENCE, Shenandoah: VAG408307, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run, permit term to July 31, 2026
GARCIA LUIS A GOMEZ RESIDENCE, Shenandoah: VAG408431, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run, permit term to July 31, 2026
GROVE HILL SCHOOL, Shenandoah: VA0081001, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run, permit term to February 29, 2024
NEW LIFE GOSPEL CHURCH, Shenandoah: VAG401089, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run, permit term to July 31, 2026
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO - SHENANDOAH YARD, Shenandoah: VAR052657, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run, permit term to June 30, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	SHENANDOAH STP
Permittee as filed	Shenandoah Town
NPDES ID	VA0023825
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	July 16, 2021
Expiration date	July 31, 2026
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Shenandoah, VA 22849
Receiving water	South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run
Subwatershed	Fultz Run-South Fork Shenandoah River (HUC 020700050901)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Chlorine, total residual	3	2	2	May 31, 1990	70% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	0	0
Solids, total suspended	4	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
E. coli	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

9Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 1, 2025	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
August 9, 2024	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
January 28, 2024	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
January 9, 2024	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
November 21, 2023	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
November 12, 2021	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
April 14, 2019	Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass	ST6
September 1, 2018	Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass	ST6
June 3, 2018	Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0023825.

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 7, 2026	Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter	State

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SHENANDOAH STP, held by Shenandoah Town, holds NPDES permit VA0023825, which discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Fultz Run and is listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class of 6. The page reports 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 16, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026.