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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0090719

FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS - WINDY GAP ELEMENTARY, Hardy, VA: NPDES VA0090719 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS - WINDY GAP ELEMENTARY, held by Franklin County Public Schools, holds NPDES permit VA0090719, which discharges to Gills Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 filedFRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS - WINDY GAP ELEMENTARY
Permittee as filedFranklin County Public Schools
NPDES IDVA0090719
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 1, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressHardy, VA 24101
Receiving waterGills Creek
SubwatershedGills Creek (HUC 030101010602)
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]477February 28, 2026135% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C440
Solids, total suspended440
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
E. coli200
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0090719.

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 NPDES permit VA0090719, held by Franklin County Public Schools for Franklin County Schools - Windy Gap Elementary in Hardy, VA, which discharges to Gills Creek. The permit is administratively continued, carries a Minor discharger class of 7, lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and shows 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.