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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0085171

BOYCE STP, Boyce, VA: NPDES VA0085171 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BOYCE STP, held by Clarke County Sanitary Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0085171, which discharges to Spout Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025.

BOYCE STP, Boyce, Virginia: Individual permit VA0085171, held by Clarke County Sanitary Authority; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 13, 2020, term to September 30, 2025, by VA DEQ; discharges to Spout Run; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 238% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2024, largest 37% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 40% over the limit.
  • Chloride [as Cl]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 34% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, Total As N: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2023, largest 2% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 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.
  • E. coli: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, Total As P: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • August 7, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).

Virginia holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 292 were issued before VA0085171. Clarke County Sanitary Authority holds 2 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Clarke County Sanitary Authority

Coverages issued nearest VA0085171

BOYCE STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Spout Run subwatershed (HUC 020700070105), VA0085171 among them. Its county holds 12, 0 of them major permits; VA0085171 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Spout Run subwatershed (HUC 020700070105)

  • BOYCE STP, Boyce: VAN010107, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2021
  • PROSPECT HILL SPRINGS WTP, Boyce: VA0090883, minor permit, discharging to Shenandoah River/Spout Run, permit term to February 28, 2017
  • PROSPECT HILL SPRINGS WTP, Boyce: VAG640108, minor permit, discharging to Spout Run, permit term to June 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filedBOYCE STP
Permittee as filedClarke County Sanitary Authority
NPDES IDVA0085171
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 13, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressBoyce, VA 22620
Receiving waterSpout Run
SubwatershedSpout Run (HUC 020700070105)
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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]81212June 30, 2026238% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]188June 30, 202437% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]455October 31, 202540% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]422October 31, 202534% over the limit
Nitrogen, Total As N111December 31, 20232% over the limit
Solids, total suspended400
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
E. coli100
Phosphorus, Total As P100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0085171.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0085171.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 7, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VA0085171 for BOYCE STP in Boyce, VA, held by Clarke County Sanitary Authority and discharging to Spout Run, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 10 as the discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.