Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0071471
TAPPAHANNOCK TOWN OF WWTP, Tappahannock, VA: NPDES VA0071471 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TAPPAHANNOCK TOWN OF WWTP, held by Town of Tappahannock, holds NPDES permit VA0071471, which discharges to Hoskins Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 27, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022. 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 | TAPPAHANNOCK TOWN OF WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Tappahannock |
| NPDES ID | VA0071471 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 27, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Tappahannock, VA 22560 |
| Receiving water | Hoskins Creek |
| Subwatershed | Hoskins Creek (HUC 020801040404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2021 | 24% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 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
- 15Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 1, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 14, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 21, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 10, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 26, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 4, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 11, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 5, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 10, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 27, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 9, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 2, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 16, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 15, 2026.