Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0052639
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO -WELLER YARD TERMINAL, Grundy, VA: NPDES VA0052639 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO -WELLER YARD TERMINAL, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Co -Weller Yard Terminal, holds NPDES permit VA0052639, which discharges to Levisa Fork/Home Creek/Bull Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 | NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO -WELLER YARD TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Norfolk Southern Railway Co -Weller Yard Terminal |
| NPDES ID | VA0052639 |
| 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 | May 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Grundy, VA 24614 |
| Receiving water | Levisa Fork/Home Creek/Bull Creek |
| NAICS | 488210 – Support Activities for Rail Transportation |
| SIC | 4013 – Switching And Terminal Services |
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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2018 | 13% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0052639.
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.