Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0076881
TOWN OF CHASE CITY WWTP, Chase City, VA: NPDES VA0076881 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
TOWN OF CHASE CITY WWTP, held by Chase City Town of, holds NPDES permit VA0076881, which discharges to Little Bluestone Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 27, 2018 and expiring December 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 | TOWN OF CHASE CITY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Chase City Town of |
| NPDES ID | VA0076881 |
| 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 | December 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Chase City, VA 23924 |
| Receiving water | Little Bluestone Creek |
| Subwatershed | Little Bluestone Creek (HUC 030101020702) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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] | 4 | 23 | 23 | July 31, 2024 | 1,231% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 20 | 20 | July 31, 2024 | 270% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 5 | 5 | November 30, 2025 | 29% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2017 | 4% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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
- 25Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 26, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 6, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 25, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 19, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 21, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 14, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 2, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 24, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 16, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 18, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 18, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 17, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 11, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 8, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 6, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 6, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 25, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 2, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 10, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 15, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 25, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 21, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 12, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 24, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 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.