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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG400253

CRESS ROBERT BUSINESS STP, Big Stone Gap, VA: NPDES VAG400253 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CRESS ROBERT BUSINESS STP, held by Robert Cress, holds NPDES permit VAG400253, which discharges to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for CRESS ROBERT BUSINESS STP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAG400253.

Identity

Facility as filedCRESS ROBERT BUSINESS STP
Permittee as filedRobert Cress
NPDES IDVAG400253
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 2, 2021
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2026
Issuing agencyVirginia
AddressBig Stone Gap, VA 24219
Receiving waterSouth Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork
SubwatershedButcher Fork-South Fork Powell River (HUC 060102060105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES VAG400253.

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 VAG400253.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG400253.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VAG400253.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

Of the 46 general permit coverages in Big Stone Gap, including this permit, 4.3% were issued before it. CRESS ROBERT BUSINESS STP is in the Butcher Fork-South Fork Powell River subwatershed, which lists 50 NPDES permits including this permit, and 13.0% of the Big Stone Gap coverages have a violation on file.