Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0029599
PENNINGTON GAP STP, Pennington Gap, VA: NPDES VA0029599 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PENNINGTON GAP STP, held by Pennington Gap Town, holds NPDES permit VA0029599, which discharges to North Fork Powell River-Cane Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 | PENNINGTON GAP STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pennington Gap Town |
| NPDES ID | VA0029599 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 27, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Pennington Gap, VA 24277 |
| Receiving water | North Fork Powell River-Cane Creek |
| Subwatershed | Cane Creek-North Fork Powell River (HUC 060102060204) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 36% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 12Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 9, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 8, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 13, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 9, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 28, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 19, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 23, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 18, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 18, 2018 | 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.