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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0086665

BASSETT MIRROR COMPANY INC - PHILPOTT PLANT, Bassett, VA: NPDES VA0086665 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BASSETT MIRROR COMPANY INC - PHILPOTT PLANT, held by Bassett Mirror Co Inc, holds NPDES permit VA0086665, which discharges to Town Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 filedBASSETT MIRROR COMPANY INC - PHILPOTT PLANT
Permittee as filedBassett Mirror Co Inc
NPDES IDVA0086665
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
IssuedDecember 21, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressBassett, VA 24055
Receiving waterTown Creek
SubwatershedTown Creek (HUC 030101030701)
NAICS337122 – Nonupholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing
SIC2511 – Wood Household Furniture
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD003124633; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005108900069

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
Solids, total suspended51713May 31, 202697% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]177April 30, 202698% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C484March 31, 201857% over the limit
pH433August 31, 2021
E. coli122March 31, 2018274% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual311February 28, 2018100% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]200
Aluminum, total [as Al]200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Precipitation volume200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 30, 2026Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0086665 for Bassett Mirror Company Inc - Philpott Plant in Bassett, VA, which discharges to Town Creek within the Town Creek subwatershed (HUC 030101030701). The page lists a Minor Discharger class, an administratively continued permit status, 12 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.