Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0062812
FRONT ROYAL WWTP, Front Royal, VA: NPDES VA0062812 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRONT ROYAL WWTP, held by Front Royal Town, holds NPDES permit VA0062812, which discharges to Shenandoah River-Manassas Run. EPA’s file records it issued October 9, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | FRONT ROYAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Front Royal Town |
| NPDES ID | VA0062812 |
| 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 9, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Front Royal, VA 22630 |
| Receiving water | Shenandoah River-Manassas Run |
| Subwatershed | Manassas Run-Shenandoah River (HUC 020700070102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 63 | 63 | February 28, 2025 | 817% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 2014 | 145% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 23% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2018 | 50% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 62Single-event violations
The newest 50 of 62.
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 14, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 13, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 28, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 9, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 18, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 21, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 23, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 10, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 17, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 15, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 30, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 27, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 29, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 23, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 9, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 8, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 5, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 1, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 24, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 24, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 10, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 10, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 5, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 30, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 7, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 25, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 20, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 19, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 14, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 21, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 21, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 25, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 24, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 21, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| December 21, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 15, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 24, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 24, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 16, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 27, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 9, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 21, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 25, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 22, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 20, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 17, 2018 | 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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