Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAN040084

PHILIP MORRIS USA INCORPORATED - PARK 500, Chester, VA: NPDES VAN040084 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PHILIP MORRIS USA INCORPORATED - PARK 500, held by Philip Morris USA Incorporated - Park 500, holds NPDES permit VAN040084. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021.

PHILIP MORRIS USA INCORPORATED - PARK 500, Chester, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAN040084, held by Philip Morris USA Incorporated - Park 500; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2017, term to December 31, 2021, by Virginia; Tobacco Manufacturing.

Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Total As N: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, Total As P: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 27, 2026: Evaluation (S).

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A AND A PAVING OFFICE BUILDING OLD STAGE ROAD, Chester: VAR10M425, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
ACDC EXPANSION YARD, Chester: VAR10V298, minor permit, discharging to Appomattox River-Ashton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
ADVANSIX RESINS AND CHEMICALS LLC - CHESTERFIELD, Chester: VA0005312, major permit, discharging to James River/Turkey Island Creek/Fourmile Creek, permit term to March 31, 2018
AIRGAS MERCHANT GASES - CHESTER ASU PLANT, Chester: VAG250058, minor permit, discharging to Appomattox River-Ashton Creek, permit term to March 1, 2023
AIRGAS MERCHANT GASES - CHESTER ASU PLANT, Chester: VAR051244, minor permit, discharging to Appomattox River-Ashton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
AMAZON SERVICES LLC - SVA4, Chester: VAR052682, minor permit, discharging to Appomattox River-Ashton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
AMCOR SPECIALTY CARTONS RICHMOND, Chester: VAR051538, minor permit, discharging to Appomattox River-Ashton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
ASHTON PARK DRIVE ROAD EXTENSION, Chester: VAR10Q860, minor permit, discharging to Appomattox River-Ashton Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	PHILIP MORRIS USA INCORPORATED - PARK 500
Permittee as filed	Philip Morris USA Incorporated - Park 500
NPDES ID	VAN040084
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	Chester, VA 23836
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
NAICS	312230 – Tobacco Manufacturing
SIC	2141 – Tobacco Stemming And Redrying
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler VAD010067171; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005104100081

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under 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
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	0	0
Nitrogen, Total As N	1	0	0
Phosphorus, Total As P	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAN040084.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAN040084.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 27, 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 VAN040084.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit VAN040084 held by PHILIP MORRIS USA INCORPORATED - PARK 500 in Chester, Virginia, which is administratively continued and carries a Minor Discharger class with 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's file dates run from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021, as EPA's permit file stood when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026.