Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0086304
MARION WWTP, Marion, VA: NPDES VA0086304 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MARION WWTP, held by Marion WWTP, holds NPDES permit VA0086304, which discharges to Middle Fork Holston River/Hungry Mother Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 | MARION WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Marion WWTP |
| NPDES ID | VA0086304 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Marion, VA 24354 |
| Receiving water | Middle Fork Holston River/Hungry Mother Creek |
| Subwatershed | Walker Creek-Middle Fork Holston River (HUC 060101020305) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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] | 2 | 16 | 16 | October 31, 2024 | 158% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 7 | 7 | February 29, 2012 | 14,117% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 2014 | 63% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2019 | 329% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2012 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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
- 10Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 15, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 27, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 17, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 14, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 24, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 27, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 12, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 23, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 29, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 11, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.