Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0093271
BUCHANAN COUNTY PSA BIG ROCK CONAWAY WWTP, Big Rock, VA: NPDES VA0093271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCHANAN COUNTY PSA BIG ROCK CONAWAY WWTP, held by Buchanan County Public Service Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0093271, which discharges to Levisa Fork-Feds Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2025 and expiring August 31, 2030. 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.
What the register holds for BUCHANAN COUNTY PSA BIG ROCK CONAWAY WWTP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Big Rock, Virginia, its receiving water, and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VA0093271.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BUCHANAN COUNTY PSA BIG ROCK CONAWAY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Buchanan County Public Service Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0093271 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 29, 2025 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Big Rock, VA 24603 |
| Receiving water | Levisa Fork-Feds Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Feds Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702020202) |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0093271.
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 VA0093271.
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.