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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG409043

PILGRIMS KNOB RESCUE SQUAD STP, Pilgrims Knob, VA: NPDES VAG409043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PILGRIMS KNOB RESCUE SQUAD STP, held by Dismal River Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc, holds NPDES permit VAG409043, which discharges to Clinch River-Swords Creek. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedPILGRIMS KNOB RESCUE SQUAD STP
Permittee as filedDismal River Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc
NPDES IDVAG409043
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 2, 2021
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2026
Issuing agencyVirginia
AddressPilgrims Knob, VA 24634
Receiving waterClinch River-Swords Creek
SubwatershedSwords Creek-Clinch River (HUC 060102050105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Solids, total suspended111August 31, 201710% over the limit
pH200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100
Chlorine, total residual100

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 VAG409043.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit VAG409043 for the Pilgrims Knob Rescue Squad STP in Pilgrims Knob, VA, held by Dismal River Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc, which discharges to Clinch River-Swords Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.