Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAN040086

DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION, Chester, VA: NPDES VAN040086 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION, held by Dominion Energy - Chesterfield Power Station, holds NPDES permit VAN040086. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021.

DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION, Chester, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAN040086, held by Dominion Energy - Chesterfield Power Station; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2017, term to December 31, 2021, by Virginia.

Phosphorus, total [as P]: 10 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2018, largest 10% over the limit.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 39 discharge permits in the Curles Creek-James River subwatershed (HUC 020802060106), VAN040086 among them. Its county holds 59, 7 of them major permits; VAN040086 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Curles Creek-James River subwatershed (HUC 020802060106)

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
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
BARNSTONE LLC, Richmond: VAG404206, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
BERMUDA HUNDRED SUBSTATION (FKA CFC SUBSTATION), Chesterfield: VAR10W146, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
CHESTERFIELD SUBSTATION EXPANSION, Chester: VAR10W338, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
CLEOTELIS SAMUEL A RESIDENCE, Chester: VAG404264, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
COASTAL TOWING OLD STAGE ROAD, Chesterfield: VAR10Q327, minor permit, discharging to James River-Proctors Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
COGHILL THOMAS M RESIDENCE, Chester: VAG404085, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION, Chester: VA0004146, major permit, discharging to James River/Falling Creek/Proctors Creek, permit term to December 9, 2009
DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION, Chester: VAG830470, minor permit, discharging to James River-Curles Creek, permit term to February 25, 2018

Identity

Facility as filed	DOMINION ENERGY - CHESTERFIELD POWER STATION
Permittee as filed	Dominion Energy - Chesterfield Power Station
NPDES ID	VAN040086
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
Subwatershed	Curles Creek-James River (HUC 020802060106)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler VAD000621177; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005104100002

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]	10	1	1	December 31, 2018	10% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	10	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAN040086.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAN040086.

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 VAN040086.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAN040086, held by Dominion Energy - Chesterfield Power Station in Chester, VA, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and identifies the facility as a minor discharger in class 5.