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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0003409

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - LAMBERTS POINT, Norfolk, VA: NPDES VA0003409 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - LAMBERTS POINT, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, holds NPDES permit VA0003409, which discharges to Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 COMPANY - LAMBERTS POINT
Permittee as filedNorfolk Southern Railway Company
NPDES IDVA0003409
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2015
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2020
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressNorfolk, VA 23507
Receiving waterElizabeth River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedElizabeth River (HUC 020802080206)

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 suspended966June 30, 2025111% over the limit
Oil & Grease011May 31, 199035% over the limit
pH1600
Nitrogen, total [as N]800
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]800
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]800
Phosphorus, total [as P]800
Precipitation volume600
Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant300
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]200
Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]100

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 VA0003409.

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.