Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0025364
NOMAN M COLE JR WATER RECYCLING FACILITY, Lorton, VA: NPDES VA0025364 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NOMAN M COLE JR WATER RECYCLING FACILITY, held by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, holds NPDES permit VA0025364, which discharges to Pohick Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2019 and expiring October 31, 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 | NOMAN M COLE JR WATER RECYCLING FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fairfax County Board of Supervisors |
| NPDES ID | VA0025364 |
| 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 | October 23, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Lorton, VA 22079 |
| Receiving water | Pohick Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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] | 6 | 24 | 24 | September 30, 2002 | 1,760% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 5 | November 30, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2021 | 5% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 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
- 21Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 16, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 14, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 9, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 9, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 4, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 13, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 6, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 23, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 29, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 2, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 27, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 3, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 29, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 13, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 30, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 8, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 9, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 4, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 29, 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 14, 2026.