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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR050436

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO-ROADWAY MATERIAL YARD, Roanoke, VA: NPDES VAR050436 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO-ROADWAY MATERIAL YARD, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, holds NPDES permit VAR050436, which discharges to Roanoke River-Peters 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.

What the register holds for NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO-ROADWAY MATERIAL YARD: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Roanoke, Virginia, its receiving water, and 1 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR050436.

Identity

Facility as filedNORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO-ROADWAY MATERIAL YARD
Permittee as filedNorfolk Southern Railway Company
NPDES IDVAR050436
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 1, 2019
Expiration dateJune 30, 2024
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressRoanoke, VA 24016
Receiving waterRoanoke River-Peters Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPeters Creek-Roanoke River (HUC 030101010404)
NAICS482111 – Line-Haul Railroads
SIC4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended1400

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR050436.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAR050436.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAR050436, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company for its Roadway Material Yard in Roanoke, Virginia, which discharges to Roanoke River-Peters Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 1 pollutant under a numeric limit.