Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0091553
CEDAR ROCK WWTP, Forest, VA: NPDES VA0091553 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CEDAR ROCK WWTP, held by Bedford Regional Water Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0091553, which discharges to Elk Creek-Chestnut Branch. EPA’s file records it issued November 8, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 filed | CEDAR ROCK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Bedford Regional Water Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0091553 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 8, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Forest, VA 24551 |
| Receiving water | Elk Creek-Chestnut Branch |
| Subwatershed | Chestnut Branch-Elk Creek (HUC 030101011403) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 15 | 15 | September 30, 2025 | 193% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 5 | 5 | October 31, 2025 | 822% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 76% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 1% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | 80% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 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 VA0091553.
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.