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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0080390

SUSSEX COURTHOUSE COMPLEX, Sussex, VA: NPDES VA0080390 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUSSEX COURTHOUSE COMPLEX, held by Sussex Service Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0080390, which discharges to Hunting Quarter Swamp. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

SUSSEX COURTHOUSE COMPLEX, Sussex, Virginia: Individual permit VA0080390, held by Sussex Service Authority; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 11, 2019, term to June 30, 2024, by VA DEQ; discharges to Hunting Quarter Swamp; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2017, largest 172% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2017, largest 674% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2019, largest 226% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • February 16, 2021: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 233 were issued before VA0080390. Sussex Service Authority holds 2 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Sussex Service Authority

Coverages issued nearest VA0080390

SUSSEX COURTHOUSE COMPLEX among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Hunting Quarter Swamp subwatershed (HUC 030102010902), VA0080390 among them. Its county holds 16, 0 of them major permits; VA0080390 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Hunting Quarter Swamp subwatershed (HUC 030102010902)

  • SUSSEX SCHOOLS COMPLEX, Stony Creek: VA0090786, minor permit, discharging to Nottoway River/Hunting Quarter Swamp, permit term to April 30, 2022
  • SUSSEX SCHOOLS COMPLEX WTP, Sussex: VAG640037, minor permit, discharging to Hunting Quarter Swamp, permit term to June 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filedSUSSEX COURTHOUSE COMPLEX
Permittee as filedSussex Service Authority
NPDES IDVA0080390
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
IssuedJune 11, 2019
Expiration dateJune 30, 2024
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressSussex, VA 23884
Receiving waterHunting Quarter Swamp
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHunting Quarter Swamp (HUC 030102010902)
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
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]422June 30, 2017172% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]222June 30, 2017674% over the limit
E. coli111August 31, 2019226% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual330
pH220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Solids, total suspended400
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]400

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 16, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0080390.

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 VA0080390.

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The page is a Velarion Records public-records entry for NPDES permit VA0080390, held by Sussex Service Authority for SUSSEX COURTHOUSE COMPLEX in Sussex, VA, which discharges to Hunting Quarter Swamp. The record lists a Minor Discharger class, a permit status of Administratively continued, 9 Pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 Pollutants with an effluent exceedance.