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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0087092

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - NIAGARA HYDRO PLANT, Vinton, VA: NPDES VA0087092 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - NIAGARA HYDRO PLANT, held by Appalachian Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0087092, which discharges to Roanoke River-Peters Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - NIAGARA HYDRO PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Vinton, Virginia, its receiving water, and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VA0087092.

Identity

Facility as filedAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - NIAGARA HYDRO PLANT
Permittee as filedAppalachian Power Company
NPDES IDVA0087092
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
IssuedAugust 28, 2013
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2018
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressVinton, VA 24179
Receiving waterRoanoke River-Peters Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPeters Creek-Roanoke River (HUC 030101010404)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
Temperature, water deg. centigrade200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0087092.

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 VA0087092.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0087092 for the AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER - NIAGARA HYDRO PLANT in Vinton, Virginia, held by Appalachian Power Company and discharging to Roanoke River-Peters Creek. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.