Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0067521

BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-HURLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hurley, VA: NPDES VA0067521 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-HURLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, held by Buchanan Co Public Schools, holds NPDES permit VA0067521, which discharges to Knox Creek-Right Fork. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2019 and expiring February 29, 2024.

BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-HURLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hurley, Virginia: Individual permit VA0067521, held by Buchanan Co Public Schools; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 19, 2019, term to February 29, 2024, by VA DEQ; discharges to Knox Creek-Right Fork; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 50% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2017, largest 4% over the limit.
E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2015, largest 1,408% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 8, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 205 were issued before VA0067521. Buchanan Co Public Schools holds 3 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Buchanan Co Public Schools

BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - TWIN VALLEY H S STP, Pilgrims Knob: VA0068438, issued September 25, 2019
BUCHANAN CO BD OF SUPV-JM BEVINS COMMUNITY CENTER, Grundy: VAG409137, issued August 2, 2016

Coverages issued nearest VA0067521

January 25, 2019: FERRUM SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Ferrum, VA0029254, held by Ferrum Water & Sewerage Authority
January 29, 2019: COVINGTON CITY - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Covington, VA0025542, held by Covington City
January 30, 2019: PITTSYLVANIA CO - TUNSTALL HIGH SCHOOL, Dry Fork, VA0027693, held by Pittsylvania School Board
February 1, 2019: WESTERN VIRGINIA WATER AUTHORITY - WPCP, Roanoke, VA0025020, held by Western Virginia Water Authority
February 19, 2019: MARTINSVILLE CITY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Ridgeway, VA0025305, held by Martinsville City
February 21, 2019: TOWN OF FRIES WWTP, Fries, VA0067881, held by Fries Town of
February 21, 2019: HIDEAWAY STP, Charles City, VA0080233, held by Charles City County of
February 22, 2019: VDOC - BLAND CORRECTIONAL CENTER ESU WWTP, Bland, VA0020729, held by DOC - Western Service Area 1
February 26, 2019: FALLING CREEK WWTP, Richmond, VA0024996, held by Chesterfield County
February 26, 2019: CRAIG NEW CASTLE PSA WWT PLANT, New Castle, VA0064599, held by Craig New Castle PSA

BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-HURLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Right Fork-Knox Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010304), VA0067521 among them. Its county holds 14, 1 of them major permits; VA0067521 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Right Fork-Knox Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010304)

ALLEN BOYD R RESIDENCES STP, Hurley: VAG409035, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
BLANKENSHIP JIMMY RESIDENCE STP, Grundy: VAG400180, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HURLEY HIGH SCHOOL, Hurley: VA0026972, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek, permit term to July 31, 2022
CHARLES ROY ROGER RESIDENCE STP, Hurley: VAG409144, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
CHRISTIAN JIM RESIDENCE STP, Hurley: VAG409021, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
GIBSON GENEVA RESIDENCE STP, Grundy: VAG409126, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
GIBSON JACQULINE RESIDENCE STP, Hurley: VAG400854, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
HIRAM FORK MINE, Wolford: VAM081630, minor permit, permit term to February 25, 2023
PIT STOP CAR WASH - HURLEY, Hurley: VAG750123, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to October 15, 2022
RAMEY RONALD JORDAN RESIDENCE STP, Grundy: VAG409190, minor permit, discharging to Knox Creek-Right Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-HURLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Permittee as filed	Buchanan Co Public Schools
NPDES ID	VA0067521
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	February 19, 2019
Expiration date	February 29, 2024
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Hurley, VA 24620
Receiving water	Knox Creek-Right Fork
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Right Fork-Knox Creek (HUC 050702010304)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	10	10	December 31, 2023	50% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	2	2	February 28, 2017	4% over the limit
E. coli	1	1	1	October 31, 2015	1,408% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	3	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0067521.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0067521.

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
October 8, 2026	Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter	State

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit VA0067521, held by Buchanan Co Public Schools for the BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-HURLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, which discharges to Knox Creek-Right Fork within the Right Fork-Knox Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010304). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a discharger class of 8 and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 3 have an effluent exceedance.