Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG400515

BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP, Grundy, VA: NPDES VAG400515 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

BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP, held by Buchanan County Board of Supervisors, holds NPDES permit VAG400515, which discharges to Levisa Fork-Home Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026.

BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP, Grundy, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAG400515, held by Buchanan County Board of Supervisors; Publicly owned treatment works; 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 Levisa Fork-Home Creek.

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

Virginia holds 28 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before VAG400515. Buchanan County Board of Supervisors holds 10 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Buchanan County Board of Supervisors

PILGRIMS KNOB COMMUNITY PARK STP, Pilgrims Knob: VAG400445, issued August 2, 2021
POPLAR GAP GYMNASIUM STP, Poplar Gap: VAG400613, issued August 2, 2021
HURLEY MEDICAL CLINIC STP, Hurley: VAG400626, issued August 2, 2021
RUSSELL PRATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Vansant: VAG409085, issued August 2, 2016
KNOX CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT STP, Hurley: VAG409274, issued August 2, 2021
BUCHANAN CO BD OF SUPV-JM BEVINS COMMUNITY CENTER, Grundy: VAG409285, issued August 2, 2021
BUCHANAN CO BD OF SUPV-RUSSELL PRATER GYM, Grundy: VAG409286, issued August 2, 2021
RTE 744 FILL SITE, Buchanan: VAR10N186, issued July 1, 2019
ROUTE 83 BEND OF SLATE, Buchanan County: VAR10N885, issued July 1, 2019

Coverages issued nearest VAG400515

August 2, 2021: BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK 2 STP, Breaks, VAG400031, held by Breaks Interstate Park Commission
August 2, 2021: KEOKEE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT STP, Keokee, VAG400118, held by Keokee Volunteer Fire Department
August 2, 2021: FREMONT TRAIN STATION STP, Clinchco, VAG400130, held by Dickenson County Public Service Authority
August 2, 2021: DANIEL BOONE OFFICE COMPLEX SEWER PLANT, Gate City, VAG400171, held by Scott County Board of Supervisors
August 2, 2021: HURLEY HEIGHTS I - LOTS A 1 AND 2 STP, Grundy, VAG400502, held by Cumberland Plateau Regional Housing Authority
August 2, 2021: HURLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STP, Hurley, VAG400565, held by Hurley Community Development
August 2, 2021: POPLAR GAP GYMNASIUM STP, Poplar Gap, VAG400613, held by Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
August 2, 2021: RUSSELL COUNTY HEADSTART CENTER STP, Swords Creek, VAG400628, held by Russell County Board of Supervisors
August 2, 2021: DICKENSON COUNTY PSA-HAYSI RESIDENCES STP, Haysi, VAG400716, held by Dickenson County Public Service Authority
August 2, 2021: TAZEWELL COUNTY PSA-NEAL HOLLOW STP NO 1, Falls Mills, VAG400717, held by Tazewell County Public Service Authority

BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 38 discharge permits in the Home Creek-Levisa Fork subwatershed (HUC 050702020201), VAG400515 among them.

Other permits in the Home Creek-Levisa Fork subwatershed (HUC 050702020201)

AUSTIN SALES LLC, Grundy: VAR051686, minor permit, discharging to Levisa Fork-Home Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
BELCHER LINDA G RESIDENCE STP, Grundy: VAG400779, minor permit, discharging to Levisa Fork-Home Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
BILLITER JOHNNY AND PAMELA RESIDENCE STP, Grundy: VAG409052, minor permit, discharging to Levisa Fork-Home Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
BROWN MARY ELIZABETH RESIDENCE STP, Grundy: VAG409196, minor permit, discharging to Levisa Fork-Home Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
CLINTWOOD H-1 MINE, Harman: VAM081940, minor permit, permit term to May 23, 2020
CONVICT HOLLOW EAST MINE, Maxie: VAM082030, minor permit, permit term to January 8, 2019
CONVICT HOLLOW REMINING PERMIT, Maxie: VAM081788, minor permit, permit term to November 20, 2021
DANNY WHITT TRUCKING INCORPORATED, Big Rock: VAR052294, minor permit, discharging to Levisa Fork-Home Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
DOG FORK SURFACE MINE, Harman: VAM082199, minor permit, permit term to February 8, 2022
ELKINS BRANCH REMINING PERMIT, Roseann: VAM081816, minor permit, permit term to October 29, 2022

What the register holds for BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Grundy, Virginia, its receiving water, and 6 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAG400515.

Identity

Facility as filed	BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP
Permittee as filed	Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
NPDES ID	VAG400515
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	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 2, 2021
Expiration date	July 31, 2026
Issuing agency	Virginia
Address	Grundy, VA 24614
Receiving water	Levisa Fork-Home Creek
Subwatershed	Home Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702020201)

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under 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
pH	2	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG400515.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG400515.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG400515.

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 VAG400515.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAG400515 for the BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER STP in Grundy, Virginia, held by the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors and discharging to Levisa Fork-Home Creek. The register lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class.