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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0050032

NEWPORT NEWS CITY - LEE HALL WTP, Newport News, VA: NPDES VA0050032 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEWPORT NEWS CITY - LEE HALL WTP, held by Newport News City - Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit VA0050032, which discharges to Warwick River. EPA’s file records it issued August 26, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025.

NEWPORT NEWS CITY - LEE HALL WTP, Newport News, Virginia: Individual permit VA0050032, held by Newport News City - Public Utilities; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 26, 2020, term to August 31, 2025, by VA DEQ; discharges to Warwick River; Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.

  • pH: 8 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025.
  • Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Precipitation volume: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

NEWPORT NEWS CITY - LEE HALL WTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 51 discharge permits in the Warwick River subwatershed (HUC 020802060901), VA0050032 among them.

Other permits in the Warwick River subwatershed (HUC 020802060901)

Identity

Facility as filedNEWPORT NEWS CITY - LEE HALL WTP
Permittee as filedNewport News City - Public Utilities
NPDES IDVA0050032
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
IssuedAugust 26, 2020
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2025
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressNewport News, VA 23608
Receiving waterWarwick River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWarwick River (HUC 020802060901)
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – Water Supply
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source VA0000005170000132

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
pH822December 31, 2025
Solids, total suspended600
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant500
Chlorine, total residual300
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]100
Precipitation volume100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0050032.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0050032.

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 VA0050032.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VA0050032, held by Newport News City - Public Utilities for NEWPORT NEWS CITY - LEE HALL WTP in Newport News, VA, which discharges to the Warwick River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, as the register stood when it was loaded on October 14, 2026.