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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR051176

INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RICHMOND CONTAINER PLANT, Richmond, VA: NPDES VAR051176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RICHMOND CONTAINER PLANT, held by International Paper Company, holds NPDES permit VAR051176, which discharges to James River-Almond 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.

What the register holds for INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RICHMOND CONTAINER PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Richmond, Virginia, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR051176.

Identity

Facility as filedINTERNATIONAL PAPER - RICHMOND CONTAINER PLANT
Permittee as filedInternational Paper Company
NPDES IDVAR051176
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
AddressRichmond, VA 23224
Receiving waterJames River-Almond Creek
SubwatershedAlmond Creek-James River (HUC 020802060101)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAD003112141; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005176000042

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES VAR051176.

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 VAR051176.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RICHMOND CONTAINER PLANT is among 43 industrial stormwater permits in Richmond, and 2.3% of that group were issued earlier. The Almond Creek-James River subwatershed (HUC 020802060101) contains 113 NPDES permits, this permit included.