Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAL024996
FALLING CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Richmond, VA: NPDES VAL024996 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FALLING CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by FALLING CK STP-CHEST. CO. BD., holds NPDES permit VAL024996. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 | FALLING CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FALLING CK STP-CHEST. CO. BD. |
| NPDES ID | VAL024996 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Associated permit record |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | January 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Address | Richmond, VA 23234 |
| Subwatershed | Falling Creek (HUC 020802060102) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD000800458 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 33% over the limit |
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 0 | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2019 | PR: Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation | EP6 |
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 October 14, 2026.