Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0091588
NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY WWTF, Pocahontas, VA: NPDES VA0091588 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY WWTF, held by Northern Tazewell County WWTF, holds NPDES permit VA0091588, which discharges to Bluestone River/Laurel Fork. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 | NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Northern Tazewell County WWTF |
| NPDES ID | VA0091588 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 16, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Pocahontas, VA 24635 |
| Receiving water | Bluestone River/Laurel Fork |
| Subwatershed | Laurel Fork-Bluestone River (HUC 050500020903) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2023 | 392% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2025 | 35% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2019 | 8% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | 34% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2021 | 125% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 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
- 15Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 15, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 16, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 1, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 5, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 19, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 27, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 26, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 9, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 23, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 25, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 23, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 2, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 29, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 7, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 17, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2026 | Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter | State |
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.