Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0062731
ELK HILL FARM WWTP, Goochland, VA: NPDES VA0062731 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
ELK HILL FARM WWTP, held by ELK HILL FARM, INC., holds NPDES permit VA0062731, which discharges to James River-Hooper Rock Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 | ELK HILL FARM WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ELK HILL FARM, INC. |
| NPDES ID | VA0062731 |
| 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 | September 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Goochland, VA 23063 |
| Receiving water | James River-Hooper Rock Creek |
| Subwatershed | Hooper Rock Creek-James River (HUC 020802050401) |
| NAICS | 623210 – Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities |
| SIC | 8361 – Residential Care |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 1 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 381% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 6% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0062731.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 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
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2026 | Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter | State |
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.