Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024414

LOFT MOUNTAIN STP, Skyline Drive, VA: NPDES VA0024414 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LOFT MOUNTAIN STP, held by Shenandoah National Park, holds NPDES permit VA0024414, which discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run. EPA’s file records it issued October 29, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025.

LOFT MOUNTAIN STP, Skyline Drive, Virginia: Individual permit VA0024414, held by Shenandoah National Park; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 29, 2020, term to November 30, 2025, by VA DEQ; discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2025, largest 21% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2017.
E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2019, largest 39% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 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.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Shenandoah National Park

BIG MEADOWS STP, Skyline Drive: VA0024406, issued October 29, 2020
SKYLAND STP, Skyline Drive: VA0024422, issued October 29, 2020
MATHEWS ARM STP, Skyline Drive: VA0024431, issued October 29, 2020
PARK HEADQUARTERS VEHICLE WASH, Luray: VAG750117, issued October 16, 2017

LOFT MOUNTAIN STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 11 discharge permits in the Big Run-South Fork Shenandoah River subwatershed (HUC 020700050801), VA0024414 among them. Its county holds 13, 1 of them major permits; VA0024414 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Big Run-South Fork Shenandoah River subwatershed (HUC 020700050801)

CROWN AUTO PARTS AND RECYCLING YARD, Elkton: VAR050829, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
MASSANUTTEN SKI TRAIL 7, Massanutten: VAR10Q696, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
OHARE DAVID AND KRISTY RESIDENCE, Port Republic: VAG401886, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to July 31, 2026
RIDGEVIEW FARMS LLC RESIDENCE, Mcgaheysville: VAG408187, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to July 31, 2026
SOUTH RIVER STONE LLC - GROTTOES, Grottoes: VAG840029, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2019
SPRING HAVEN FARMS POULTRY, Mcgaheysville: VAR10S330, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
SUN RIDGE SOLAR - PART 1, Rockingham: VAR10T246, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
SUN RIDGE SOLAR - PART 2, Rockingham County: VAR10T353, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
THREE SPRINGS WATER FILTRATION PLANT, Harrisonburg: VA0089508, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER, permit term to December 31, 2012
THREE SPRINGS WATER FILTRATION PLANT, Mc Gaheysville: VAG640099, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run, permit term to June 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	LOFT MOUNTAIN STP
Permittee as filed	Shenandoah National Park
NPDES ID	VA0024414
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Federal facility
Issued	October 29, 2020
Expiration date	November 30, 2025
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Skyline Drive, VA 22835
Receiving water	South Fork Shenandoah River-Big Run
Subwatershed	Big Run-South Fork Shenandoah River (HUC 020700050801)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Solids, total suspended	4	2	2	May 31, 2025	21% over the limit
pH	2	1	1	July 31, 2017
E. coli	1	1	1	May 31, 2019	39% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0024414.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0024414.

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 VA0024414.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit VA0024414 for LOFT MOUNTAIN STP, held by Shenandoah National Park, with the permit marked as administratively continued and the minor discharger class. The facts list 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the watershed code HUC 020700050801.