Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020982
MIDDLETOWN STP, Middletown, VA: NPDES VA0020982 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MIDDLETOWN STP, held by Middletown STP, holds NPDES permit VA0020982, which discharges to Lower Cedar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 | MIDDLETOWN STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Middletown STP |
| NPDES ID | VA0020982 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Middletown, VA 22645 |
| Receiving water | Lower Cedar Creek |
| Subwatershed | Meadow Brook-Cedar Creek (HUC 020700060605) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 42 | 42 | May 31, 2026 | 954% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 21 | 21 | May 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 10 | 10 | August 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2018 | 169% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2017 | |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 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
- 17Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 23, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 28, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 16, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 6, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 9, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 30, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 3, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 21, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 11, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 17, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 5, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 27, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 23, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.