Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024147
FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY STP, Fork Union, VA: NPDES VA0024147 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY STP, held by Fork Union Military Academy STP, holds NPDES permit VA0024147, which discharges to James River/Bear Garden Creek/South Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2018 and expiring January 31, 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 | FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fork Union Military Academy STP |
| NPDES ID | VA0024147 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Fork Union, VA 23055 |
| Receiving water | James River/Bear Garden Creek/South Creek |
| Subwatershed | Bear Garden Creek-James River (HUC 020802031502) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VA0000287771; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005106500010 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 12 | 58 | 58 | March 31, 2022 | 193% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 21 | 21 | November 30, 2024 | 646% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 15 | 15 | May 31, 2022 | 281% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 7 | 7 | November 30, 2019 | 135% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2017 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 5 | 5 | November 30, 2018 | 78% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 11% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2020 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 4, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 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.