Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0024970
LYNCHBURG REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Lynchburg, VA: NPDES VA0024970 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LYNCHBURG REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Lynchburg City, holds NPDES permit VA0024970, which discharges to James River-Opossum Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 4, 2016 and expiring March 31, 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 | LYNCHBURG REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lynchburg City |
| NPDES ID | VA0024970 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 4, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Lynchburg, VA 24505 |
| Receiving water | James River-Opossum Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Blackwater Creek (HUC 020802030304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 2020 | 57% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 32Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 23, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 11, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 5, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 26, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 2, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 22, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 21, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 23, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 18, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 11, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 8, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 21, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 11, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 7, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 6, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 24, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 20, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 16, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 26, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 2, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 25, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 1, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 22, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 10, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 6, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 3, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 17, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 16, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 26, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 12, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 6, 2017 | 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.