Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024899
ASHLAND WWTP, Ashland, VA: NPDES VA0024899 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ASHLAND WWTP, held by Hanover County, holds NPDES permit VA0024899, which discharges to South Anna River-Cedar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2021 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 | ASHLAND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hanover County |
| NPDES ID | VA0024899 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 26, 2021 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Ashland, VA 23005 |
| Receiving water | South Anna River-Cedar Creek |
| Subwatershed | Cedar Creek-South Anna River (HUC 020801060304) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 2% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2006 | 1,347% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 33Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 13, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 15, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 2, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 28, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 23, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 5, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 2, 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 |
| January 6, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 24, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 18, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 6, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 15, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 6, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 6, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 13, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 7, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 19, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 24, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 7, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 14, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 28, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 1, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 16, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 18, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 14, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 5, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 1, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 16, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 13, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 28, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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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