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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR051975

GERDAU METALS RECYCLING - LYNCHBURG, Lynchburg, VA: NPDES VAR051975 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GERDAU METALS RECYCLING - LYNCHBURG, held by Chaparral (Virginia) Inc., holds NPDES permit VAR051975, which discharges to Flat 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.

Identity

Facility as filedGERDAU METALS RECYCLING - LYNCHBURG
Permittee as filedChaparral (Virginia) Inc.
NPDES IDVAR051975
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
AddressLynchburg, VA 24501
Receiving waterFlat Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFlat Creek (HUC 030101011504)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler VAR000505941; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005103100152

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

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 suspended410
Iron, total recoverable400
Zinc, total recoverable400
Aluminum, total recoverable400
Cadmium, total recoverable400
Lead, total recoverable400
Chromium, total recoverable400
Copper, total recoverable400

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR051975.

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 VAR051975.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAR051975 for GERDAU METALS RECYCLING - LYNCHBURG in Lynchburg, VA, held by Chaparral (Virginia) Inc., which discharges to Flat Creek and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists the permit as issued July 1, 2019 with an expiration date of June 30, 2024, a minor discharger class, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.