Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0081272
HRSD - JAMES RIVER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Newport News, VA: NPDES VA0081272 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HRSD - JAMES RIVER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by Hampton Roads Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit VA0081272, which discharges to Warwick River. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2018 and expiring July 31, 2023. 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 | HRSD - JAMES RIVER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hampton Roads Sanitation District |
| NPDES ID | VA0081272 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Newport News, VA 23602 |
| Receiving water | Warwick River |
| Subwatershed | Warwick River (HUC 020802060901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2009 | 57% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2011 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0081272.
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.