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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052615

FAIRWINDS TERMINAL SERVICES, Norfolk, VA: NPDES VAR052615 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FAIRWINDS TERMINAL SERVICES, held by Fairwinds Terminal Services, holds NPDES permit VAR052615, which discharges to Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2024 and expiring June 30, 2029. 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 FAIRWINDS TERMINAL SERVICES: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Norfolk, Virginia, its receiving water, and 6 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR052615.

Identity

Facility as filedFAIRWINDS TERMINAL SERVICES
Permittee as filedFairwinds Terminal Services
NPDES IDVAR052615
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 1, 2024
Expiration dateJune 30, 2029
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressNorfolk, VA 23507
Receiving waterElizabeth River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedElizabeth River (HUC 020802080206)
NAICS336611 – Ship Building and Repairing
SIC3731 – Ship Building And Repairing

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 suspended1100
Nitrogen, total [as N]1100
Phosphorus, total [as P]1100
Zinc, total recoverable1100
Copper, total recoverable1100
Aluminum, total recoverable500

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052615.

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 VAR052615.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VAR052615.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VAR052615.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAR052615, held by FAIRWINDS TERMINAL SERVICES in Norfolk, VA, which discharges to Elizabeth River and carries an Effective status as a Minor discharger. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's program is industrial stormwater, with issue and expiration dates of July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2029.