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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG400571

MCFARLAND RESIDENCES AND SHOP STP, Tazewell, VA: NPDES VAG400571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MCFARLAND RESIDENCES AND SHOP STP, held by John McFarland, holds NPDES permit VAG400571, which discharges to Clear 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedMCFARLAND RESIDENCES AND SHOP STP
Permittee as filedJohn McFarland
NPDES IDVAG400571
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
AddressTazewell, VA 24651
Receiving waterClear Fork
SubwatershedClear Fork (HUC 050500020501)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C110
Solids, total suspended110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant110
Chlorine, total residual110

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG400571.

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 VAG400571.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG400571.

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 VAG400571.

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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MCFARLAND RESIDENCES AND SHOP STP, Tazewell, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAG400571, held by John McFarland; 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 Clear Fork; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation 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.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

MCFARLAND RESIDENCES AND SHOP STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Clear Fork subwatershed (HUC 050500020501), VAG400571 among them.

Other permits in the Clear Fork subwatershed (HUC 050500020501)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAG400571 for MCFARLAND RESIDENCES AND SHOP STP in Tazewell, VA, held by John McFarland and discharging to Clear Fork, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The page lists 6 as the discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.