Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0063843
GRETNA TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Gretna, VA: NPDES VA0063843 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRETNA TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by Gretna Town, holds NPDES permit VA0063843, which discharges to Whitehorn Creek-Georges Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024. 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 | GRETNA TOWN - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gretna Town |
| NPDES ID | VA0063843 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Gretna, VA 24557 |
| Receiving water | Whitehorn Creek-Georges Creek |
| Subwatershed | Georges Creek-Whitehorn Creek (HUC 030101050202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 28 | 28 | April 30, 2026 | 154% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2024 | 81% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2024 | 114% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2016 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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 September 15, 2026.