Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR050386
FIRST PIEDMONT CORP - RINGGOLD, Ringgold, VA: NPDES VAR050386 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIRST PIEDMONT CORP - RINGGOLD, held by First Piedmont Corp, holds NPDES permit VAR050386, which discharges to Dan River-Cane 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FIRST PIEDMONT CORP - RINGGOLD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | First Piedmont Corp |
| NPDES ID | VAR050386 |
| 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 | Ringgold, VA 24586 |
| Receiving water | Dan River-Cane Creek |
| Subwatershed | Cane Creek-Dan River (HUC 030101040109) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD055043020 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 18 | 10 | December 31, 2022 | 2,418% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 17 | 9 | December 31, 2025 | 344% over the limit |
| Benzoic acids, total | 8 | 13 | 5 | December 31, 2022 | 604% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 10 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| p-Cresol | 8 | 8 | 0 |
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 VAR050386.
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 September 15, 2026.