Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG840155

VT - HIGHLAND PARK QUARRY, Blacksburg, VA: NPDES VAG840155 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

VT - HIGHLAND PARK QUARRY, held by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., holds NPDES permit VAG840155, which discharges to North Fork Roanoke River-Dry Run. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 filed	VT - HIGHLAND PARK QUARRY
Permittee as filed	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.
NPDES ID	VAG840155
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	Blacksburg, VA 24060
Receiving water	North Fork Roanoke River-Dry Run
Subwatershed	Dry Run-North Fork Roanoke River (HUC 030101010201)
NAICS	212399 – All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
SIC	1499 – Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals

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

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	17	17	June 30, 2026	2,417% over the limit
pH	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG840155.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAG840155.

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 VAG840155.

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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAG840155 for VT - HIGHLAND PARK QUARRY in Blacksburg, VA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger, with 3 pollutants listed (1 under a numeric limit and 1 with an effluent exceedance). The permit was issued July 1, 2019 and expires June 30, 2024, with the status as of October 14, 2026, when Velarion loaded it.