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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0090531

BUCHANAN CNTY PSA - CONAWAY WWTP, Vansant, VA: NPDES VA0090531 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUCHANAN CNTY PSA - CONAWAY WWTP, held by Buchanan County PSA, holds NPDES permit VA0090531, which discharges to Levisa Fork-Feds Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 29, 2020 and expiring October 31, 2025. 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 filedBUCHANAN CNTY PSA - CONAWAY WWTP
Permittee as filedBuchanan County PSA
NPDES IDVA0090531
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 29, 2020
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2025
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressVansant, VA 24656
Receiving waterLevisa Fork-Feds Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFeds Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702020202)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 plant233January 31, 201320% over the limit
Solids, total suspended411August 31, 202139% over the limit
E. coli111July 31, 2018278% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]011June 30, 2026107% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C400
Chlorine, total residual300
pH200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 12, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 12, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 27, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 17, 2023Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 16, 2023Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 11, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 15, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 31, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 23, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 1, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 26, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 2, 2022Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
March 28, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 15, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 28, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 26, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 21, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 18, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 1, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 29, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 16, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 20, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 1, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 25, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 4, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 18, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 21, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 26, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
July 12, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 28, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 20, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 16, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
March 25, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 26, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 14, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 16, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
December 13, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
November 1, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
July 27, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 25, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 11, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 24, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0090531 for BUCHANAN CNTY PSA - CONAWAY WWTP in Vansant, VA, held by Buchanan County PSA and discharging to Levisa Fork-Feds Creek. The page lists the permit as administratively continued and a Major Discharger class, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.