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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052638

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING WEST PARK, Hampton, VA: NPDES VAR052638 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING WEST PARK, held by Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., holds NPDES permit VAR052638, which discharges to Southwest Branch Back 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 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING WEST PARK: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Hampton, Virginia, its receiving water, and 5 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR052638.

Identity

Facility as filedNEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING WEST PARK
Permittee as filedHuntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
NPDES IDVAR052638
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
AddressHampton, VA 23666
Receiving waterSouthwest Branch Back River
SubwatershedSouthwest Branch Back River (HUC 020801080103)
NAICS493110 – General Warehousing and Storage
SIC4225 – General Warehousing And Storage

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 suspended100
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Copper, total recoverable100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052638.

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 VAR052638.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The Velarion Records page covers NPDES permit VAR052638, held by Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. for NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING WEST PARK in Hampton, Virginia, which discharges to Southwest Branch Back River. The register lists a Minor discharger class, an Effective permit status, 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 5 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA's files show no violation for this permit.