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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0088871

PINE CREEK RETREAT CENTER STP, Gore, VA: NPDES VA0088871 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PINE CREEK RETREAT CENTER STP, held by Potomac District Council of the Assemblies of God, Inc., holds NPDES permit VA0088871, which discharges to Back Creek-Mine Spring Run. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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.

Identity

Facility as filedPINE CREEK RETREAT CENTER STP
Permittee as filedPotomac District Council of the Assemblies of God, Inc.
NPDES IDVA0088871
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
IssuedFebruary 25, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2025
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressGore, VA 22637
Receiving waterBack Creek-Mine Spring Run
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMine Spring Run-Back Creek (HUC 020700040401)

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
Chlorine, total residual376November 30, 2016320% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]276June 30, 2023158% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4215January 31, 2020108% over the limit
pH233April 30, 2017
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
E. coli100

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 VA0088871.

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 VA0088871 for Pine Creek Retreat Center STP in Gore, VA, which discharges to Back Creek-Mine Spring Run within subwatershed HUC 020700040401. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.