Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR050198
DANCHEM TECHNOLOGIES INC DBA ASCENT CHEMICALS, Danville, VA: NPDES VAR050198 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DANCHEM TECHNOLOGIES INC DBA ASCENT CHEMICALS, held by DanChem Technologies Inc, holds NPDES permit VAR050198, which discharges to Fall Creek. 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 | DANCHEM TECHNOLOGIES INC DBA ASCENT CHEMICALS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DanChem Technologies Inc |
| NPDES ID | VAR050198 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | July 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Danville, VA 24540 |
| Receiving water | Fall Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fall Creek (HUC 030101040101) |
| NAICS | 325199 – All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD988170684; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005159000093 |
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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 3 | 3 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR050198.
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 VAR050198.
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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