Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG400722

HAPPY HEARTS DAY CARE STP, Big Stone Gap, VA: NPDES VAG400722 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

HAPPY HEARTS DAY CARE STP, held by Johnny Chandler, holds NPDES permit VAG400722, which discharges to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2016 and expiring August 1, 2021.

HAPPY HEARTS DAY CARE STP, Big Stone Gap, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAG400722, held by Johnny Chandler; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 2, 2016, term to August 1, 2021, by Virginia; discharges to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

HAPPY HEARTS DAY CARE STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 50 discharge permits in the Butcher Fork-South Fork Powell River subwatershed (HUC 060102060105), VAG400722 among them.

Other permits in the Butcher Fork-South Fork Powell River subwatershed (HUC 060102060105)

B F ROBINETTE CONTRACTOR RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400353, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
BAKER CONNIE RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400670, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
BAKER GARY AND DESTINY RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400132, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
BIG STONE GAP WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Big Stone Gap: VAG640011, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to June 30, 2023
BIG STONE GAP,TOWN OF,STP, Big Stone Gap: VAL020940, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
BORING DANIEL AND JENNIFER RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400275, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
CARTER KENTRA LEE RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400880, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
CARTER PAUL G RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400910, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
CASSELL BILLY RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400462, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026
CAUDILL ASHLEY AND JACOB RESIDENCE STP, Big Stone Gap: VAG400373, minor permit, discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, permit term to July 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	HAPPY HEARTS DAY CARE STP
Permittee as filed	Johnny Chandler
NPDES ID	VAG400722
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, 2016
Expiration date	August 1, 2021
Issuing agency	Virginia
Address	Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Receiving water	South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork
Subwatershed	Butcher Fork-South Fork Powell River (HUC 060102060105)
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	10
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	5
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	5
Solids, total suspended	1	5
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	5
E. coli	1	5

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG400722.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG400722.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG400722.

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 VAG400722.

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAG400722 for HAPPY HEARTS DAY CARE STP in Big Stone Gap, VA, held by Johnny Chandler and discharging to South Fork Powell River-Butcher Fork, with the permit status shown as administratively continued. The facts list a Minor Discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued August 2, 2016 and expiring August 1, 2021, as EPA's file stood on October 14, 2026.