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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0066630

HOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL, Hopewell, VA: NPDES VA0066630 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL, held by Hopewell City, holds NPDES permit VA0066630, which discharges to James River-Bailey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2016 and expiring July 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 filedHOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL
Permittee as filedHopewell City
NPDES IDVA0066630
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 28, 2016
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2021
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressHopewell, VA 23860
Receiving waterJames River-Bailey Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBailey Creek-James River (HUC 020802060201)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD981742570; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005167000053

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]42121February 28, 20213,581% over the limit
Solids, total suspended42618December 31, 20253,388% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]61717October 31, 202588% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual41717December 31, 2025100% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]11111September 30, 199827% over the limit
E. coli277September 30, 2021413% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal055June 30, 2026981% over the limit
pH244December 31, 2018
Phosphorus, total [as P]143March 31, 202530% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant442March 31, 19989% over the limit
Nitrogen, Total As N122December 31, 202522% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general031August 31, 1997212% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units111June 30, 2020246% over the limit

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

The newest 50 of 85.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 16, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 11, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 5, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 4, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 4, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
July 15, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 29, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 17, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 3, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 25, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 17, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 13, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 10, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
March 25, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 19, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 12, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 11, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 7, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 24, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 20, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 1, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 28, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 31, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 30, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 15, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 11, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 23, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 19, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 18, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 28, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 14, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 7, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 20, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 9, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 16, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 7, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 13, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 12, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 2, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 24, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 19, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 1, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 25, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 24, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 23, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 16, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 20, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 7, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 5, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0066630 for HOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL in Hopewell, VA, held by Hopewell City and discharging to James River-Bailey Creek. The facts list 11 major-discharger class pollutants under a numeric limit and 13 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is administratively continued.