Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0061590
CULPEPER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Culpeper, VA: NPDES VA0061590 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CULPEPER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Culpeper Wastewater Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit VA0061590, which discharges to Mountain Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 24, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 | CULPEPER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Culpeper Wastewater Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | VA0061590 |
| 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 | August 24, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Culpeper, VA 22701 |
| Receiving water | Mountain Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hiders Branch-Mountain Run (HUC 020801030501) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAR000010017; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005104700055 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 16 | 16 | March 31, 2013 | 163% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 12 | 12 | March 31, 2004 | 2,603% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 7 | 7 | April 30, 2004 | 73% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 4 | 3 | March 31, 2004 | 306% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2003 | 5% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 20, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 24, 2020 | 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.