Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0054003
HRSD - SUNSET BAY UTILITIES SOUTH WWTP, Chincoteague, VA: NPDES VA0054003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
HRSD - SUNSET BAY UTILITIES SOUTH WWTP, held by Sunset Bay Utilities - South, holds NPDES permit VA0054003, which discharges to Chincoteague Bay/Little Mosquito Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 26, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HRSD - SUNSET BAY UTILITIES SOUTH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sunset Bay Utilities - South |
| NPDES ID | VA0054003 |
| 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 | October 26, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Chincoteague, VA 23336 |
| Receiving water | Chincoteague Bay/Little Mosquito Creek |
| Subwatershed | Chincoteague Inlet-Chincoteague Bay (HUC 020403030504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococci | 1 | 5 | 5 | January 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 4 | July 31, 2025 | 447% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 4 | July 31, 2025 | 93% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2019 | 64% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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 VA0054003.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
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 VA0054003.
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 September 15, 2026.