Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAN040069

ALLEGHANY COUNTY - AGGREGATE NUTRIENT DISCHARGE, Covington, VA: NPDES VAN040069 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ALLEGHANY COUNTY - AGGREGATE NUTRIENT DISCHARGE, held by Alleghany County - Aggregate Nutrient Discharge, holds NPDES permit VAN040069. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021.

ALLEGHANY COUNTY - AGGREGATE NUTRIENT DISCHARGE, Covington, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAN040069, held by Alleghany County - Aggregate Nutrient Discharge; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2017, term to December 31, 2021, by Virginia.

Nitrogen, total [as N] [delivered]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P] [delivered]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

ALLEGHANY COUNTY - AGGREGATE NUTRIENT DISCHARGE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 12 discharge permits in the Smith Creek-Jackson River subwatershed (HUC 020802010507), VAN040069 among them.

Other permits in the Smith Creek-Jackson River subwatershed (HUC 020802010507)

ALLEGHANY ASPHALT PIT, Covington: VAR050759, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
ALLEGHANY CO - LOWER JACKSON RIVER REGIONAL WWTP, Iron Gate: VA0090671, major permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to January 31, 2026
ALLEGHANY CO - LOWER JACKSON RIVER REGIONAL WWTP, Covington: VAL090671, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
ALLEGHANY COUNTY - LOW MOOR WWTP, Low Moor: VA0027979, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to September 30, 2023
BENNETT LOGGING & LUMBER INC, Selma: VAR050765, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
CLIFTON FORGE STP, Clifton Forge: VAL022772, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
CLIFTON FORGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Clifton Forge: VA0006076, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to October 15, 2024
DAY LISA AND HOWARD RESIDENCE, Clifton Forge: VAG402026, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
GRIMES JOHN RESIDENCE - CLIFTON FORGE, Clifton Forge: VAG402139, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
ROCKBRIDGE FARMERS COOP - CLIFTON FORGE, Clifton Forge: VAR10R540, minor permit, discharging to Jackson River-Smith Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	ALLEGHANY COUNTY - AGGREGATE NUTRIENT DISCHARGE
Permittee as filed	Alleghany County - Aggregate Nutrient Discharge
NPDES ID	VAN040069
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	January 1, 2017
Expiration date	December 31, 2021
Issuing agency	Virginia
Address	Covington, VA 24426
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Smith Creek-Jackson River (HUC 020802010507)

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
2With 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
Nitrogen, total [as N] [delivered]	3	3
Phosphorus, total [as P] [delivered]	3	3
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAN040069.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAN040069.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAN040069.

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 VAN040069.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAN040069, held by Alleghany County - Aggregate Nutrient Discharge in Covington, VA, which EPA's file records as issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021, and currently administratively continued. The page lists a Minor Discharger class of 7, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Smith Creek-Jackson River subwatershed (HUC 020802010507).