Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0090891
DOMINION ENERGY - BEAR GARDEN GENERATING STATION, New Canton, VA: NPDES VA0090891 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOMINION ENERGY - BEAR GARDEN GENERATING STATION, held by Virginia Electric and Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0090891, which discharges to James River-Bear Garden Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2009 and expiring November 16, 2014. 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 filed | DOMINION ENERGY - BEAR GARDEN GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Virginia Electric and Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0090891 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 17, 2009 |
| Expiration date | November 16, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | New Canton, VA 23123 |
| Receiving water | James River-Bear Garden Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bear Garden Creek-James River (HUC 020802031502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 119% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 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 VA0090891.
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 September 15, 2026.