Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0089923
WHEELABRATOR PORTSMOUTH RDF AND WTE FACILITY, Portsmouth, VA: NPDES VA0089923 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHEELABRATOR PORTSMOUTH RDF AND WTE FACILITY, held by Wheelabrator Portsmouth RDF and WTE Facility, holds NPDES permit VA0089923, which discharges to Hampton Roads Proper (Sub Of Elizabeth R). EPA’s file records it issued August 11, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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.
What the register holds for WHEELABRATOR PORTSMOUTH RDF AND WTE FACILITY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Portsmouth, Virginia, its receiving water, and 17 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VA0089923.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WHEELABRATOR PORTSMOUTH RDF AND WTE FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Wheelabrator Portsmouth RDF and WTE Facility |
| NPDES ID | VA0089923 |
| 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 | August 11, 2014 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Portsmouth, VA 23704 |
| Receiving water | Hampton Roads Proper (sub Of Elizabeth R) |
| Subwatershed | Deep Creek-Southern Branch Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080203) |
| NAICS | 562213 – Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAR000500041; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005174000078 |
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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0089923.
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 VA0089923.
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 October 14, 2026.