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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052545

POTOMAC METALS INC, Sterling, VA: NPDES VAR052545 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

POTOMAC METALS INC, held by Potomac Metals Inc, holds NPDES permit VAR052545, which discharges to Broad Run-Lenah 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.

Identity

Facility as filedPOTOMAC METALS INC
Permittee as filedPotomac Metals Inc
NPDES IDVAR052545
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
AddressSterling, VA 20166
Receiving waterBroad Run-Lenah Run
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLenah Run-Broad Run (HUC 020700080901)

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 suspended660
Nitrogen, total [as N]340
Phosphorus, total [as P]340
Iron, total recoverable330
Zinc, total recoverable330
Aluminum, total recoverable330
Cadmium, total recoverable330
Lead, total recoverable330
Chromium, total recoverable330
Copper, total recoverable330

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052545.

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 VAR052545.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAR052545, held by Potomac Metals Inc of Sterling, VA, which discharges to Broad Run-Lenah Run. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 10 pollutants on file, 0 of them under a numeric limit and 0 with an effluent exceedance.