Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0088463
SURRY COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Dendron, VA: NPDES VA0088463 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SURRY COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Surry County Wastewater Treatment Facility, holds NPDES permit VA0088463, which discharges to Upper Blackwater River/Cypress Swamp. EPA’s file records it issued December 10, 2012 and expiring November 30, 2017. 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 | SURRY COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Surry County Wastewater Treatment Facility |
| NPDES ID | VA0088463 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 10, 2012 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Dendron, VA 23839 |
| Receiving water | Upper Blackwater River/Cypress Swamp |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Johnchecohunk Swamp-Cypress Swamp (HUC 030102020204) |
| 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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 13 | 13 | November 30, 2022 | 36% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2022 | 40% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | 894% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 5% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 1 | November 30, 2015 | 21% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2017 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | 19% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, dissolved, [as S] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 21Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 24, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 12, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 16, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 6, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 25, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 10, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 5, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 9, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 24, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 11, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 30, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 12, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 11, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 7, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 21, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 20, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 26, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 11, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 7, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 24, 2019 | 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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