Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0028622
HARBOUR EAST VILLAGE WWTP, Chester, VA: NPDES VA0028622 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HARBOUR EAST VILLAGE WWTP, held by Harbour East Sewage Disposal Corporation, holds NPDES permit VA0028622, which discharges to James River-Curles Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HARBOUR EAST VILLAGE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Harbour East Sewage Disposal Corporation |
| NPDES ID | VA0028622 |
| 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 25, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Chester, VA 23836 |
| Receiving water | James River-Curles Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Curles Creek-James River (HUC 020802060106) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 54 | 54 | August 31, 2025 | 2,272% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 30 | 30 | February 28, 2025 | 600% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 22 | 20 | April 30, 2025 | 191% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 17 | 17 | February 28, 2026 | 873% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 7 | 6 | July 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2026 | |
| E. coli | 1 | 4 | 4 | November 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2025 | 66% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane | 2 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 31, 2025 | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.