Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0070572
TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA - ASHLAND TRAVEL CENTER, Ashland, VA: NPDES VA0070572 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA - ASHLAND TRAVEL CENTER, held by TravelCenters of America - Ashland Travel Center, holds NPDES permit VA0070572, which discharges to Upper Pamunkey River/Mechumps Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2012 and expiring August 31, 2017. 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 | TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA - ASHLAND TRAVEL CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TravelCenters of America - Ashland Travel Center |
| NPDES ID | VA0070572 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Ashland, VA 23005 |
| Receiving water | Upper Pamunkey River/Mechumps Creek |
| Subwatershed | Mechumps Creek-Pamunkey River (HUC 020801060901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0070572.
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 VA0070572.
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.