Velarion Records
Follow this permit Velarion Records emails you this permit’s record, cited to the public filing, and tells you when the register changes it. Free.
We’ll email you a link to confirm. The continuous daily watch on every change is the paid alert. Unsubscribe any time.
Also free: The Pay Desk, the weekly executive pay briefing.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0078131

LOCUST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Locust Grove, VA: NPDES VA0078131 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOCUST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by Orange County Public Schools, holds NPDES permit VA0078131, which discharges to Mine Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025.

LOCUST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Locust Grove, Virginia: Individual permit VA0078131, held by Orange County Public Schools; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 12, 2020, term to August 31, 2025, by VA DEQ; discharges to Mine Run; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2025, largest 104% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 212% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016, largest 118% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2016, largest 214% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 291 were issued before VA0078131. Orange County Public Schools holds 3 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Orange County Public Schools

Coverages issued nearest VA0078131

LOCUST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Mine Run subwatershed (HUC 020801031102), VA0078131 among them. Its county holds 22, 2 of them major permits; VA0078131 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Mine Run subwatershed (HUC 020801031102)

Identity

Facility as filedLOCUST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Permittee as filedOrange County Public Schools
NPDES IDVA0078131
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 12, 2020
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2025
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressLocust Grove, VA 22508
Receiving waterMine Run
SubwatershedMine Run (HUC 020801031102)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Solids, total suspended41111September 30, 2025104% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]455February 28, 2025212% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]444June 30, 2016118% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant211August 31, 2016214% over the limit
E. coli110
Nitrogen, total [as N]010
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]010
Phosphorus, total [as P]010
Chlorine, total residual300
pH200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0078131.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0078131.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VA0078131.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, VA0078131.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0078131 for Locust Grove Elementary School in Locust Grove, VA, held by Orange County Public Schools and discharging to Mine Run. The permit is listed as administratively continued, is classed as a minor discharger, and lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 4 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.