Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG840065

O N MINERALS CO - PICO QUARRY, Buchanan, VA: NPDES VAG840065 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

O N MINERALS CO - PICO QUARRY, held by Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc., holds NPDES permit VAG840065, which discharges to Looney Creek-Mill Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

O N MINERALS CO - PICO QUARRY, Buchanan, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAG840065, held by Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2019, term to June 30, 2024, by VA DEQ; discharges to Looney Creek-Mill Creek; Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying.

pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Precipitation volume: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 2, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.

CARMEUSE LIME AND STONE- STRASBURG, Strasburg: VAG401942, issued August 2, 2021
CARMEUSE AMERICAS – WINCHESTER, Clear Brook: VAG840024, issued July 1, 2019
CARMEUSE LIME AND STONE- STRASBURG, Strasburg: VAG840027, issued July 1, 2019
CARMEUSE LIME AND STONE - MIDDLETOWN, Middletown: VAG840042, issued July 1, 2019
O N MINERALS - ROCKY POINT, Buchanan: VAG840048, issued July 1, 2019
O N MINERALS CO - PLANT 1 (CALARA), Buchanan: VAG840049, issued July 1, 2019
O N MINERALS CO - PLANT 2 (SHERWOOD ), Buchanan: VAG840064, issued July 1, 2019

O N MINERALS CO - PICO QUARRY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 12 discharge permits in the Mill Creek-Looney Creek subwatershed (HUC 020802011403), VAG840065 among them.

Other permits in the Mill Creek-Looney Creek subwatershed (HUC 020802011403)

BENSON CHRIS RESIDENCE, Troutville: VAG402144, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
CAMPER RESIDENCE JOSEPH B, Buchanan: VAG402136, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
METAL BUILDING ADDITION ROBERT YOUNG TRUCKING, Buchanan: VAR10R659, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
PRESERVE AT ASHLEY, Botetourt County: VAR10P199, minor permit, discharging to Tinker Creek-Buffalo Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
ROANOKE READINESS CENTER, Troutville: VAR10R496, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
SOMERS DONALD KEITH EVA MAE RESIDENCE, Fincastle: VAG402005, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
VDOT I81 REST AREA - BOTETOURT, Botetourt: VA0023141, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to September 30, 2022
VDOT SALEM - 0081-011-834 - UPC 116202, Fincastle: VAR10Q457, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
VDOT SALEM 0081 011 835 C 501 UPC 116199, Botetourt: VAR10V848, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
VIRGINIAN MARKET LLC, Troutville: VAG402020, minor permit, discharging to Looney Creek-Mill Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	O N MINERALS CO - PICO QUARRY
Permittee as filed	Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.
NPDES ID	VAG840065
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	July 1, 2019
Expiration date	June 30, 2024
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Buchanan, VA 24066
Receiving water	Looney Creek-Mill Creek
Subwatershed	Mill Creek-Looney Creek (HUC 020802011403)
NAICS	212312 – Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying
SIC	1422 – Crushed And Broken Limestone

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
0With 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0
Precipitation volume	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG840065.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG840065.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 2, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 VAG840065.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAG840065 held by Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc. for O N MINERALS CO - PICO QUARRY in Buchanan, Virginia, which discharges to Looney Creek-Mill Creek. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a minor discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.