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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052160

PETERSBURG TBT, Petersburg, VA: NPDES VAR052160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PETERSBURG TBT, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, holds NPDES permit VAR052160, which discharges to Appomattox River-Oldtown 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for PETERSBURG TBT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Petersburg, Virginia, its receiving water, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR052160.

Identity

Facility as filedPETERSBURG TBT
Permittee as filedNorfolk Southern Railway Company
NPDES IDVAR052160
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
AddressPetersburg, VA 23803
Receiving waterAppomattox River-Oldtown Creek
SubwatershedOldtown Creek-Appomattox River (HUC 020802071001)
NAICS488210 – Support Activities for Rail Transportation
SIC4013 – Switching And Terminal Services

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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 suspended200
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052160.

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 VAR052160.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAR052160 for PETERSBURG TBT in Petersburg, Virginia, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, with a permit status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class of 3. The register lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit was issued July 1, 2019.