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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0081418

KINDER MORGAN OPERATING LP C - ERT, Chesapeake, VA: NPDES VA0081418 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KINDER MORGAN OPERATING LP C - ERT, held by Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals LLC, holds NPDES permit VA0081418, which discharges to Southern Branch Elizabeth River-Deep Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 filedKINDER MORGAN OPERATING LP C - ERT
Permittee as filedKinder Morgan Bulk Terminals LLC
NPDES IDVA0081418
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 25, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressChesapeake, VA 23324
Receiving waterSouthern Branch Elizabeth River-Deep Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDeep Creek-Southern Branch Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080203)
NAICS488320 – Marine Cargo Handling
SIC4491 – Marine Cargo Handling
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD008956062; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005155000016

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
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units155June 30, 2023446% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable121December 31, 20205% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable121December 31, 202085% over the limit
pH220
Salinity110
Solids, total suspended110
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]110
Cyanide, total [as CN]110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant110
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]010

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0081418.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0081418, held by KINDER MORGAN OPERATING LP C - ERT in Chesapeake, VA, which is classed as a Minor Discharger and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 9 as the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.