Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0088684
AMHERST COUNTY LANDFILL PERMIT NUMBER 181, Amherst, VA: NPDES VA0088684 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
AMHERST COUNTY LANDFILL PERMIT NUMBER 181, held by Amherst County, holds NPDES permit VA0088684, which discharges to Buffalo River-Rocky Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 | AMHERST COUNTY LANDFILL PERMIT NUMBER 181 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Amherst County |
| NPDES ID | VA0088684 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 27, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Amherst, VA 24521 |
| Receiving water | Buffalo River-Rocky Creek |
| Subwatershed | Rocky Creek-Buffalo River (HUC 020802030604) |
| NAICS | 562212 – Solid Waste Landfill |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 7 | 3 | September 30, 2020 | 456% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | |
| p-Cresol | 2 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2018 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0088684.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0088684.
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
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VA0088684.
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.