Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024163
MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH ABBEY STP, Richmond, VA: NPDES VA0024163 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH ABBEY STP, held by Benedictine Society of VA, holds NPDES permit VA0024163, which discharges to James River-Bernards Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 21, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 | MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH ABBEY STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Benedictine Society of VA |
| NPDES ID | VA0024163 |
| 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 | April 21, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Richmond, VA 23238 |
| Receiving water | James River-Bernards Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bernards Creek-James River (HUC 020802050604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 42 | 33 | June 30, 2026 | 46% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 41 | 29 | February 28, 2026 | 1,563% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 27 | 15 | February 28, 2026 | 2,883% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 4 | April 30, 2026 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 2 | November 30, 2019 | 26% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 209% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 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 VA0024163.
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.