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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR051500

NORTHWEST HARDWOODS INC - BUENA VISTA, Buena Vista, VA: NPDES VAR051500 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTHWEST HARDWOODS INC - BUENA VISTA, held by Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., holds NPDES permit VAR051500, which discharges to Maury River-Bennetts Run. 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 NORTHWEST HARDWOODS INC - BUENA VISTA: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Buena Vista, 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 VAR051500.

Identity

Facility as filedNORTHWEST HARDWOODS INC - BUENA VISTA
Permittee as filedNorthwest Hardwoods, Inc.
NPDES IDVAR051500
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
AddressBuena Vista, VA 24416
Receiving waterMaury River-Bennetts Run
SubwatershedBennetts Run-Maury River (HUC 020802020501)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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 suspended400

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR051500.

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 VAR051500.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAR051500.

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 VAR051500.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit VAR051500 for NORTHWEST HARDWOODS INC - BUENA VISTA in Buena Vista, Virginia, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The register lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.