Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0088765
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER-SMITH MOUNTAIN HYDRO PLANT, Sandy Level, VA: NPDES VA0088765 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER-SMITH MOUNTAIN HYDRO PLANT, held by Appalachian Power Company, holds NPDES permit VA0088765, which discharges to Roanoke River/Leesville Lake-Clay Branch. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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.
What the register holds for AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER-SMITH MOUNTAIN HYDRO PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sandy Level, Virginia, its receiving water, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VA0088765.
Identity
| Facility as filed | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER-SMITH MOUNTAIN HYDRO PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Appalachian Power Company |
| NPDES ID | VA0088765 |
| 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 | June 13, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Sandy Level, VA 24161 |
| Receiving water | Roanoke River/Leesville Lake-Clay Branch |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Craddock Creek-Smith Mountain Lake (HUC 030101010705) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0088765.
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 VA0088765.
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.