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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG409063

LOCHER SILICA CORPORATION AND SMOKIN GUNS STP, Wytheville, VA: NPDES VAG409063 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOCHER SILICA CORPORATION AND SMOKIN GUNS STP, held by Pauley Real Estate, holds NPDES permit VAG409063, which discharges to Reed Creek-Muskrat Branch. 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 filedLOCHER SILICA CORPORATION AND SMOKIN GUNS STP
Permittee as filedPauley Real Estate
NPDES IDVAG409063
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
AddressWytheville, VA 24382
Receiving waterReed Creek-Muskrat Branch
SubwatershedMuskrat Branch-Reed Creek (HUC 050500011001)
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
E. coli143August 31, 202499,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C121August 31, 201776% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140
pH220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Solids, total suspended110

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 30, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAG409063 for LOCHER SILICA CORPORATION AND SMOKIN GUNS STP in Wytheville, VA, listed as a minor discharger with administratively continued status and a receiving water of Reed Creek-Muskrat Branch. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued August 2, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026.