Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR050961

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - HARRISONBURG, Harrisonburg, VA: NPDES VAR050961 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - HARRISONBURG, held by Packaging Corporation of America, holds NPDES permit VAR050961, which discharges to Blacks Run. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - HARRISONBURG, Harrisonburg, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAR050961, held by Packaging Corporation of America; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2019, term to June 30, 2024, by VA DEQ; discharges to Blacks Run; Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing.

Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Virginia holds 1,282 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 14 were issued before VAR050961. Packaging Corporation of America holds 2 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Packaging Corporation of America

PCA RIVERVILLE PLANT LAYDOWN YARD, Gladstone: VAR10W913, issued July 1, 2024

Coverages issued nearest VAR050961

July 1, 2019: DAIKIN APPLIED, Verona, VAR050946, held by Daikin Applied Americas Inc
July 1, 2019: R A YANCEY LUMBER CORPORATION, Crozet, VAR050948, held by R. A. Yancey Lumber Corporation
July 1, 2019: TFORCE FREIGHT - WAYNESBORO, Waynesboro, VAR050953, held by TForce Freight, Inc.
July 1, 2019: MCKEE FOODS CORPORATION, Stuarts Draft, VAR050954, held by McKee Foods Corporation
July 1, 2019: M AND M SERVICE AND SALVAGE YARD INCORPORATED, Ruckersville, VAR050960, held by M and M Service and Salvage Yard, Inc.
July 1, 2019: WINCHESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, Winchester, VAR050962, held by Winchester Regional Airport Authority
July 1, 2019: HARRY A WRIGHT'S INC, Charlottesville, VAR050965, held by Wright's, Inc., Harry A.
July 1, 2019: LYDDAN ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED, Gordonsville, VAR050969, held by Lyddan Enterprises Incorporated
July 1, 2019: CABINETWORKS GROUP - MOUNT JACKSON PLANT, Mount Jackson, VAR050971, held by Cabinetworks Group Michigan, LLC
July 1, 2019: CIVES STEEL COMPANY - MID-ATLANTIC DIVISION, Winchester, VAR050972, held by Cives Corporation

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - HARRISONBURG among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 85 discharge permits in the Blacks Run subwatershed (HUC 020700050602), VAR050961 among them.

Other permits in the Blacks Run subwatershed (HUC 020700050602)

210 MOUNT CLINTON PIKE, Harrisonburg: VAR10X102, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2029
A&J FILL SITE, Mt. Crawford: VAR10X245, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2029
ACC-HARRISONBURG, Harrisonburg: VAG110354, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to September 30, 2018
AFFORDABLE SELF STORAGE, Harrisonburg: VAR10U479, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2029
ANTHEM CDC 3, Harrisonburg: VAG250128, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to March 1, 2018
AUTOZONE STORE #1659 EXPANSION, Harrisonburg: VAR10T989, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
BLACKS RUN STREAM RESTORATION, Harrisonburg: VAR10R175, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
BOULDER RIDGE APARTMENTS, Rockingham County: VAR10V014, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2029
C AND T DURHAM TRUCKING COMPANY HARRISONBURG, Harrisonburg: VAR052507, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to June 30, 2024
CENTRAL SHEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY, Mount Crawford: VAG401217, minor permit, discharging to Blacks Run, permit term to July 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - HARRISONBURG
Permittee as filed	Packaging Corporation of America
NPDES ID	VAR050961
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	Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Receiving water	Blacks Run
Subwatershed	Blacks Run (HUC 020700050602)
NAICS	322211 – Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
SIC	2653 – Corrugated And Solid Fiber Boxes

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With 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
Solids, total suspended	4	4
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	4
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR050961.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAR050961.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAR050961.

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 VAR050961.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAR050961 held by Packaging Corporation of America for PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - HARRISONBURG in Harrisonburg, VA, discharging to Blacks Run within the Blacks Run subwatershed (HUC 020700050602). The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor discharger class 3, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.