Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0003654
BASF CORPORATION - WILLIAMSBURG, Williamsburg, VA: NPDES VA0003654 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BASF CORPORATION - WILLIAMSBURG, held by BASF Corporation, holds NPDES permit VA0003654, which discharges to James River-Skiffes Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BASF CORPORATION - WILLIAMSBURG |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BASF Corporation |
| NPDES ID | VA0003654 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 29, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Williamsburg, VA 23185 |
| Receiving water | James River-Skiffes Creek |
| Subwatershed | Skiffes Creek-James River (HUC 020802060802) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 13 | 12 | March 31, 1997 | 771% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 1994 | 31% over the limit |
| Benzene | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 1996 | 35% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 1994 | 117% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0003654.
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 14, 2026.