Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052347

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING OAKLAND INDUSTRIAL OIP, Newport News, VA: NPDES VAR052347 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING OAKLAND INDUSTRIAL OIP, held by Newport News Shipbuilding, holds NPDES permit VAR052347, which discharges to James River-Skiffes 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 filed	NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING OAKLAND INDUSTRIAL OIP
Permittee as filed	Newport News Shipbuilding
NPDES ID	VAR052347
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	July 1, 2019
Expiration date	June 30, 2024
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Newport News, VA 23603
Receiving water	James River-Skiffes Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Skiffes Creek-James River (HUC 020802060802)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

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 measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
Iron, total recoverable	2	4
Zinc, total recoverable	2	4
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	4
Copper, total recoverable	2	4
Solids, total suspended	2	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052347.

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAR052347.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAR052347, held by Newport News Shipbuilding for the NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING OAKLAND INDUSTRIAL OIP facility in Newport News, VA, which discharges to James River-Skiffes Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 7, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. It was issued July 1, 2019 and expired June 30, 2024, with the status as of September 15, 2026.