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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0026387

HONAKER STP, Honaker, VA: NPDES VA0026387 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HONAKER STP, held by Honaker Town, holds NPDES permit VA0026387, which discharges to Lewis Creek-Laurel Branch. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023.

HONAKER STP, Honaker, Virginia: Individual permit VA0026387, held by Honaker Town; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 13, 2018, term to September 30, 2023, by VA DEQ; discharges to Lewis Creek-Laurel Branch; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 25 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 244% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 24 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 202% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2024, largest 278% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 16 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2024, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • BOD, percent removal [total]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 1 violation 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.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 25, 2020: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
  • September 11, 2020: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).
  • September 1, 2020: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).
  • August 29, 2020: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).
  • August 10, 2020: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 165 were issued before VA0026387.

Coverages issued nearest VA0026387

HONAKER STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Laurel Branch-Lewis Creek subwatershed (HUC 060102050301), VA0026387 among them. Its county holds 16, 1 of them major permits; VA0026387 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Laurel Branch-Lewis Creek subwatershed (HUC 060102050301)

Identity

Facility as filedHONAKER STP
Permittee as filedHonaker Town
NPDES IDVA0026387
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 13, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressHonaker, VA 24260
Receiving waterLewis Creek-Laurel Branch
SubwatershedLaurel Branch-Lewis Creek (HUC 060102050301)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]22725July 31, 2025244% over the limit
Solids, total suspended42524February 28, 2025202% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41716January 31, 2024278% over the limit
E. coli11616November 30, 202499,999% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]010
Solids, suspended percent removal010
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 25, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 11, 2020Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 1, 2020Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 29, 2020Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 10, 2020Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0026387.

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 VA0026387.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0026387 for HONAKER STP in Honaker, VA, held by Honaker Town, which discharges to Lewis Creek-Laurel Branch. The page lists a permit status of Minor Discharger class 7, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.