Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0053317
DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA-BATH COUNTY POWER STATION, Warm Springs, VA: NPDES VA0053317 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA-BATH COUNTY POWER STATION, held by Virginia Electric and Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0053317, which discharges to Back Creek-Jim Dave Run. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2014 and expiring April 30, 2019. 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 | DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA-BATH COUNTY POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Virginia Electric and Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0053317 |
| 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 | April 25, 2014 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Warm Springs, VA 24484 |
| Receiving water | Back Creek-Jim Dave Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jim Dave Run-Back Creek (HUC 020802010202) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source VA0000005101700003 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 28 | 11 | 2 | December 31, 1998 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 30 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 1998 | 48,362% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 16 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 45% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 54 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 8, 2023 | 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.