Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0060640
NORTH RIVER WWTF, Mount Crawford, VA: NPDES VA0060640 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH RIVER WWTF, held by North River WWTF, holds NPDES permit VA0060640, which discharges to Lower North River. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 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 | NORTH RIVER WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | North River WWTF |
| NPDES ID | VA0060640 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Mount Crawford, VA 22841 |
| Receiving water | Lower North River |
| Subwatershed | Pleasant Run-North River (HUC 020700050605) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source VA0000005116500239 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 7 | 7 | November 30, 2018 | 1,450% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 89% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 16 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 1999 | 30% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2016 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 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
- 17Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 6, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 26, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 4, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 1, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 20, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| July 18, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 22, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 22, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 4, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 26, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 11, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 4, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 1, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 8, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 1, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 9, 2017 | 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.