Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0025054
BLUEFIELD WESTSIDE WWTP, Bluefield, VA: NPDES VA0025054 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLUEFIELD WESTSIDE WWTP, held by Sanitary Board of Bluefield, holds NPDES permit VA0025054, which discharges to Bluestone River-Brush Fork. EPA’s file records it issued April 22, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | BLUEFIELD WESTSIDE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sanitary Board of Bluefield |
| NPDES ID | VA0025054 |
| 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 22, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Bluefield, VA 24605 |
| Receiving water | Bluestone River-Brush Fork |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Brush Fork-Bluestone River (HUC 050500020901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 38 | 38 | March 31, 1999 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2013 | 43% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2022 | 83% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 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
- 11Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 15, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 26, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 18, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 28, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 21, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 30, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 24, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 22, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 6, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 16, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 19, 2019 | 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.