Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052400
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE AIRPORT, Rural Retreat, VA: NPDES VAR052400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 1Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE AIRPORT, held by Smyth Wythe-Airport Commission, holds NPDES permit VAR052400, which discharges to Middle Fork Holston River-Nicks 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 | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE AIRPORT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Smyth Wythe-Airport Commission |
| NPDES ID | VAR052400 |
| 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 | Rural Retreat, VA 24368 |
| Receiving water | Middle Fork Holston River-Nicks Creek |
| Subwatershed | Nicks Creek-Middle Fork Holston River (HUC 060101020301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 1Pollutants on file
- 1Under a numeric limit
- 1With 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 6 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052400.
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 VAR052400.
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.