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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR052658

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO - SOUTH BOSTON YARD, South Boston, VA: NPDES VAR052658 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO - SOUTH BOSTON YARD, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, holds NPDES permit VAR052658, which discharges to Dan River-John H Kerr Reservoir-Grassy 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.

What the register holds for NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO - SOUTH BOSTON YARD: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in South Boston, Virginia, its receiving water, and 1 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR052658.

Identity

Facility as filedNORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO - SOUTH BOSTON YARD
Permittee as filedNorfolk Southern Railway Company
NPDES IDVAR052658
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
AddressSouth Boston, VA 24592
Receiving waterDan River-John H Kerr Reservoir-Grassy Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGrassy Creek-Dan River (HUC 030101040404)

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

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR052658.

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 VAR052658.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VAR052658 held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company for its South Boston Yard in South Boston, Virginia, which discharges to Dan River-John H Kerr Reservoir-Grassy Creek. The page lists the permit as Effective, a Minor discharger class 1, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.