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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG830654

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED - NN SHIPBLDG DIV, Newport News, VA: NPDES VAG830654 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED - NN SHIPBLDG DIV, held by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, holds NPDES permit VAG830654, which discharges to James River-Cooper Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2023 and expiring February 29, 2028. 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 filedHUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED - NN SHIPBLDG DIV
Permittee as filedNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
NPDES IDVAG830654
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 1, 2023
Expiration dateFebruary 29, 2028
Issuing agencyVirginia
AddressNewport News, VA 23607
Receiving waterJames River-Cooper Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCooper Creek-James River (HUC 020802060906)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD001307495; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005170000013

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Thallium, total recoverable111June 30, 2026317% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable111June 30, 202643% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable111June 30, 20263% over the limit
Antimony, total recoverable111June 30, 202698% over the limit
pH400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]100
Arsenic, total recoverable100
Selenium, total recoverable100
Nickel, total recoverable100
Silver total recoverable100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Cadmium, total recoverable100
Chromium, total recoverable100
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]100
Toluene100
Benzene100
Ethylbenzene100
1,2-Dichloroethane, total weight100
Naphthalene100
Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable100
Mercury, total recoverable100
Ethanol100
Ethylene dibromide100
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]100

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 VAG830654.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAG830654, held by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED - NN SHIPBLDG DIV in Newport News, VA, which discharges to James River-Cooper Creek in the Cooper Creek-James River subwatershed (HUC 020802060906). The permit is listed as Effective and as a Minor discharger class, with 25 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, as the facts stood when the record was loaded on September 15, 2026.