Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG400309

SPOON GAP FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Abingdon, VA: NPDES VAG400309 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SPOON GAP FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH, held by Spoon Gap Freewill Baptist Church - Trustees, holds NPDES permit VAG400309, which discharges to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026.

SPOON GAP FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Abingdon, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAG400309, held by Spoon Gap Freewill Baptist Church - Trustees; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 2, 2021, term to July 31, 2026, by Virginia; discharges to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

SPOON GAP FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 23 discharge permits in the Spoon Gap Creek-Wolf Creek subwatershed (HUC 060101020402), VAG400309 among them.

Other permits in the Spoon Gap Creek-Wolf Creek subwatershed (HUC 060101020402)

ABDELBASSET AYEB RESIDENCE STP, Abingdon: VAG409314, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
ABINGDON REGIONAL WWTP, Abingdon: VAL026531, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
ABINGDON TOWN MS4, Washington County: VAR040137, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2023
BVU AUTHORITY, Abingdon: VAG640089, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to June 30, 2023
FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE - ABINGDON, VA, Abingdon: VAR10T562, minor permit, discharging to South Holston River/South Holston Lake, permit term to June 30, 2024
HAMPTON INN WASHINGTON CROSSING, Abingdon: VAR10P206, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
HIGHLANDS PETROLEUM OIL CORP, Abingdon: VAR050110, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
LAKESIDE READY MIX INC - PLANT NO. 1, Abingdon: VAG110116, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to December 31, 2023
M AND D PARTNERS GARAGE STP, Abingdon: VAG409182, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC - ABINGDON QUARRY, Abingdon: VAG840009, minor permit, discharging to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	SPOON GAP FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Permittee as filed	Spoon Gap Freewill Baptist Church - Trustees
NPDES ID	VAG400309
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 2, 2021
Expiration date	July 31, 2026
Issuing agency	Virginia
Address	Abingdon, VA 24211
Receiving water	Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek
Subwatershed	Spoon Gap Creek-Wolf Creek (HUC 060101020402)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With 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
pH	2	4
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	2
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	1
Solids, total suspended	1	1
E. coli	1	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG400309.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG400309.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG400309.

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 VAG400309.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit VAG400309, held by Spoon Gap Freewill Baptist Church - Trustees for SPOON GAP FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH in Abingdon, VA, which discharges to Wolf Creek-Spoon Gap Creek within watershed HUC 060101020402. The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.