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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR051438

PORTSMOUTH CITY - CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL, Portsmouth, VA: NPDES VAR051438 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PORTSMOUTH CITY - CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL, held by Portsmouth City - Department of Engineering, holds NPDES permit VAR051438, which discharges to Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

PORTSMOUTH CITY - CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL, Portsmouth, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAR051438, held by Portsmouth City - Department of Engineering; 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 Elizabeth River; Solid Waste Landfill.

  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 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 VAR051438.

Coverages issued nearest VAR051438

PORTSMOUTH CITY - CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 42 discharge permits in the Elizabeth River subwatershed (HUC 020802080206), VAR051438 among them.

Other permits in the Elizabeth River subwatershed (HUC 020802080206)

Identity

Facility as filedPORTSMOUTH CITY - CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL
Permittee as filedPortsmouth City - Department of Engineering
NPDES IDVAR051438
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
AddressPortsmouth, VA 23703
Receiving waterElizabeth River
SubwatershedElizabeth River (HUC 020802080206)
NAICS562212 – Solid Waste Landfill
SIC4953 – Refuse Systems

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 suspended210
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR051438.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAR051438.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAR051438.

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 VAR051438.

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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 VAR051438 for PORTSMOUTH CITY - CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL in Portsmouth, VA, which discharges to the Elizabeth River within subwatershed HUC 020802080206. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.