Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0000469
WESTROCK CONVERTING COMPANY, Sheldon Springs, VT: NPDES VT0000469 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTROCK CONVERTING COMPANY, held by Rock-Tenn Company, holds NPDES permit VT0000469. EPA’s file records it issued January 2, 2009 and expiring December 31, 2013. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WESTROCK CONVERTING COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Rock-Tenn Company |
| NPDES ID | VT0000469 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 2, 2009 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Sheldon Springs, VT 05485 |
| Subwatershed | McGowan Brook-Missisquoi River (HUC 041504070601) |
| NAICS | 322130 – Paperboard Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VTD095247185; ICIS-AIR source VT0000005001100005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 14 | 8 | May 31, 2011 | 38% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 12 | 4 | March 31, 2011 | 19% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 2 | April 30, 2009 | |
| Turbidity | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2016 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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 VT0000469.
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.