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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0029556

BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL STP, St George, VA: NPDES VA0029556 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL STP, held by The Blue Ridge School, Incorporated, holds NPDES permit VA0029556, which discharges to North Fork Rivanna River-Lynch River. EPA’s file records it issued September 4, 2020 and expiring October 31, 2025.

BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL STP, St George, Virginia: Individual permit VA0029556, held by The Blue Ridge School, Incorporated; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 4, 2020, term to October 31, 2025, by VA DEQ; discharges to North Fork Rivanna River-Lynch River; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 445% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 68% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2015, largest 18% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2021, largest 33% over the limit.
  • 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.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • June 10, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).

BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Lynch River-North Fork Rivanna River subwatershed (HUC 020802040301), VA0029556 among them. Its county holds 4, 0 of them major permits; VA0029556 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lynch River-North Fork Rivanna River subwatershed (HUC 020802040301)

Identity

Facility as filedBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL STP
Permittee as filedThe Blue Ridge School, Incorporated
NPDES IDVA0029556
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 4, 2020
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2025
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressSt George, VA 22935
Receiving waterNorth Fork Rivanna River-Lynch River
SubwatershedLynch River-North Fork Rivanna River (HUC 020802040301)
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]266April 30, 2026445% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]444April 30, 202668% over the limit
Solids, total suspended411November 30, 201518% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual311September 30, 202133% over the limit
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
E. coli100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0029556.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0029556.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 10, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VA0029556 for BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL STP in St George, VA, held by The Blue Ridge School, Incorporated, and discharging to the North Fork Rivanna River-Lynch River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.