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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052627

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO WEST POINT YARD, West Point, VA: NPDES VAR052627 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO WEST POINT YARD, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, holds NPDES permit VAR052627, which discharges to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedNORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO WEST POINT YARD
Permittee as filedNorfolk Southern Railway Company
NPDES IDVAR052627
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
AddressWest Point, VA 23181
Receiving waterPamunkey River-Mill Creek
SubwatershedMill Creek-Pamunkey River (HUC 020801061102)

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 suspended100
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052627.

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 VAR052627.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 19, 2026EvaluationS

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 VAR052627.

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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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO WEST POINT YARD, West Point, Virginia: Coverage under a general permit VAR052627, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued July 1, 2024, term to June 30, 2029, by VA DEQ; discharges to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek.

  • Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • May 19, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Virginia holds 1,282 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,201 were issued before VAR052627. Norfolk Southern Railway Company holds 18 permits in Virginia.

Other permits held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company

Coverages issued nearest VAR052627

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO WEST POINT YARD among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 21 discharge permits in the Mill Creek-Pamunkey River subwatershed (HUC 020801061102), VAR052627 among them.

Other permits in the Mill Creek-Pamunkey River subwatershed (HUC 020801061102)

  • AUGUSTA LUMBER DIVISION - WEST POINT, West Point: VA0090433, minor permit, discharging to Lower Pamunkey River, permit term to November 30, 2021
  • BRITTS MINE NO 1, West Point: VAG840139, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
  • CARMAX AUTO SUPERSTORES #4007, West Point: VAR10U217, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
  • DIRECT WOOD PRODUCTS PLANT 1, West Point: VAR051263, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
  • LANEXA RECYCLING, Lanexa: VAR10X251, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029
  • MATHESON TRI-GAS INC - WEST POINT, West Point: VAR051934, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
  • NEW KENT ASPHALT PLANT, West Point: VAR051596, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
  • PARHAM LANDING WWTP, West Point: VA0088331, major permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to September 30, 2025
  • PARHAM LANDING WWTP, West Point: VAN030048, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2021
  • PROCLAIMING GRACE MINISTRIES FOOD BANK, Barhamsville: VAR10U667, minor permit, discharging to Pamunkey River-Mill Creek, permit term to June 30, 2029

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit VAR052627, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company for NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO WEST POINT YARD in West Point, Virginia, with an Effective status and a Minor discharger class 3. The register lists 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and records that no effluent or single-event violation is held for this permit.