Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0066460
DOC - BUCKINGHAM CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Dillwyn, VA: NPDES VA0066460 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOC - BUCKINGHAM CORRECTIONAL CENTER, held by Commonwealth of Virginia - DOC, holds NPDES permit VA0066460, which discharges to Slate River-Joshua Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 18, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | DOC - BUCKINGHAM CORRECTIONAL CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Commonwealth of Virginia - DOC |
| NPDES ID | VA0066460 |
| 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 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Dillwyn, VA 23936 |
| Receiving water | Slate River-Joshua Creek |
| Subwatershed | Joshua Creek-Slate River (HUC 020802031401) |
| NAICS | 922140 – Correctional Institutions |
| SIC | 9223 – Correctional Institutions |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD982696023; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005102900018 |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under 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, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 27 | 27 | March 31, 2025 | 136% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2022 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 3 | 3 | February 29, 2024 | 52% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 25% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 27, 2021 | 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 October 14, 2026.