Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0025658
MASSAPONAX WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Fredericksburg, VA: NPDES VA0025658 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MASSAPONAX WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Spotsylvania County - Dept of Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit VA0025658, which discharges to Rappahannock River-Hazel Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2018 and expiring July 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 | MASSAPONAX WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Spotsylvania County - Dept of Public Utilities |
| NPDES ID | VA0025658 |
| 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 | August 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Fredericksburg, VA 22408 |
| Receiving water | Rappahannock River-Hazel Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hazel Run-Rappahannock River (HUC 020801040102) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAR000547224 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 10 | 10 | April 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 8 | February 29, 2000 | 134% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2000 | 42% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2026 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| July 28, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 24, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 26, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 20, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 22, 2022 | 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.