Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG408511

MYSTIC MOUNTAIN TALKHOUSE, Afton, VA: NPDES VAG408511 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MYSTIC MOUNTAIN TALKHOUSE, held by DeFeis Douglas, holds NPDES permit VAG408511, which discharges to Mechums River-Stockton Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026.

MYSTIC MOUNTAIN TALKHOUSE, Afton, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAG408511, held by DeFeis Douglas; 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 Mechums River-Stockton Creek.

pH: 2 limits, 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.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

MYSTIC MOUNTAIN TALKHOUSE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 13 discharge permits in the Stockton Creek-Mechums River subwatershed (HUC 020802040101), VAG408511 among them.

Other permits in the Stockton Creek-Mechums River subwatershed (HUC 020802040101)

ALLEN CAROL ANN AND GEORGE ATNTHONY RESIDENCE, Afton: VAG408546, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
CROZET FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Crozet: VAG408571, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
CROZET SELF STORAGE, Charlottesville: VAR10S105, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Beaver Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
GERLACH COREY DONALD RESIDENCE, Charlottesville: VAG408435, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
IVY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING CENTER, Charlottesville: VAR050973, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
MIDWAY SOLAR, Afton: VAR10V882, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
MIDWAY-MARTIN'S STORE 115KV T/L, Charlottesville: VAR10R729, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
PAGE III CHARLES T AND LESLIE ANDRUS RESIDENCE, Batesville: VAG408493, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
PAGE III CHARLES T AND LESLIE ANDRUS RESIDENCE, Batesville: VAG408578, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
R A YANCEY LUMBER CORPORATION, Crozet: VAR050948, minor permit, discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	MYSTIC MOUNTAIN TALKHOUSE
Permittee as filed	DeFeis Douglas
NPDES ID	VAG408511
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	Afton, VA 22920
Receiving water	Mechums River-Stockton Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Stockton Creek-Mechums River (HUC 020802040101)

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
5With 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	2
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	1
Solids, total suspended	1	1
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	1
E. coli	1	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG408511.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG408511.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG408511.

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 VAG408511.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAG408511 for MYSTIC MOUNTAIN TALKHOUSE in Afton, VA, held by DeFeis Douglas and discharging to Mechums River-Stockton Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, is a minor discharger class permit, and shows 5 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.