Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR050312
VPA - PORTSMOUTH MARINE TERMINAL, Portsmouth, VA: NPDES VAR050312 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VPA - PORTSMOUTH MARINE TERMINAL, held by Virginia Port Authority, holds NPDES permit VAR050312, which discharges to Elizabeth River. 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.
What the register holds for VPA - PORTSMOUTH MARINE TERMINAL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Portsmouth, Virginia, its receiving water, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR050312.
Identity
| Facility as filed | VPA - PORTSMOUTH MARINE TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Virginia Port Authority |
| NPDES ID | VAR050312 |
| 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 | Portsmouth, VA 23707 |
| Receiving water | Elizabeth River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080206) |
| NAICS | 488320 – Marine Cargo Handling |
| SIC | 4491 – Marine Cargo Handling |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 21 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR050312.
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 VAR050312.
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.