Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024101
NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK, Natural Bridge, VA: NPDES VA0024101 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK, held by Natural Bridge State Park, holds NPDES permit VA0024101, which discharges to James River/Elk Creek/Cedar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022. 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 | NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Natural Bridge State Park |
| NPDES ID | VA0024101 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Natural Bridge, VA 24578 |
| Receiving water | James River/Elk Creek/Cedar Creek |
| Subwatershed | Spring Gap Creek-Cedar Creek (HUC 020802011504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 4 | 9 | 9 | July 31, 2024 | 442% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 9 | November 30, 2023 | 98% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2025 | |
| E. coli | 1 | 7 | 7 | October 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 6 | 6 | April 30, 2023 | 173% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | 21% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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 14, 2026.