Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0003646
WESTROCK VIRGINIA LLC - COVINGTON, Covington, VA: NPDES VA0003646 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTROCK VIRGINIA LLC - COVINGTON, held by WestRock Virginia Corporation - Covington, holds NPDES permit VA0003646, which discharges to Jackson River/Falling Spring Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 12, 2012 and expiring February 12, 2017. 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 filed | WESTROCK VIRGINIA LLC - COVINGTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WestRock Virginia Corporation - Covington |
| NPDES ID | VA0003646 |
| 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 | June 12, 2012 |
| Expiration date | February 12, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Covington, VA 24426 |
| Receiving water | Jackson River/Falling Spring Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jerrys Run-Dunlap Creek (HUC 020802010304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 19 | 13 | 11 | January 31, 2025 | 456% over the limit |
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 7 | March 31, 2023 | 92% over the limit |
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 5 | 3 | August 31, 2012 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 1996 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 11 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adsorbable organic halides [AOX] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 1 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 11, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 11, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
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.