Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR10R579
MERCK ELKTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT UPGRADE, Elkton, VA: NPDES VAR10R579 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MERCK ELKTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT UPGRADE, held by Merck & Co., Inc., holds NPDES permit VAR10R579, which discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Hawksbill Creek. 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.
What the register holds for MERCK ELKTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT UPGRADE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Elkton, Virginia, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR10R579.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MERCK ELKTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT UPGRADE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Merck & Co., Inc. |
| NPDES ID | VAR10R579 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Construction stormwater |
| Issued | July 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Elkton, VA 22827 |
| Receiving water | South Fork Shenandoah River-Hawksbill Creek |
| Subwatershed | Hawksbill Creek-South Fork Shenandoah River (HUC 020700050803) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 0Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES VAR10R579.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAR10R579.
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.