Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0053813
COLONNAS SHIPYARD INC, Norfolk, VA: NPDES VA0053813 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLONNAS SHIPYARD INC, held by Colonna's Ship Yard, Incorporated, holds NPDES permit VA0053813, which discharges to Eastern Branch Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued April 22, 2016 and expiring April 30, 2021. 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 | COLONNAS SHIPYARD INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Colonna's Ship Yard, Incorporated |
| NPDES ID | VA0053813 |
| 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 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Norfolk, VA 23523 |
| Receiving water | Eastern Branch Elizabeth River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Eastern Branch Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080204) |
| NAICS | 488390 – Other Support Activities for Water Transportation |
| SIC | 4499 – Water Transportation Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD003174273; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005171000028 |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 13 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0053813.
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 VA0053813.
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.