Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0032000
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - PENTAGON, Arlington, VA: NPDES VA0032000 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - PENTAGON, held by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, holds NPDES permit VA0032000, which discharges to Potomac River-Pimmit Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 | US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - PENTAGON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE |
| NPDES ID | VA0032000 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | August 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Arlington, VA 22202 |
| Receiving water | Potomac River-Pimmit Run |
| Subwatershed | Pimmit Run-Potomac River (HUC 020700100103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 57 | 57 | June 30, 2026 | 10% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 8 | March 31, 2023 | 171% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2026 | |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] [delivered] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0032000.
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.