Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0089729
NELSON COUNTY REGIONAL STP, Piney River, VA: NPDES VA0089729 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NELSON COUNTY REGIONAL STP, held by Nelson County Service Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0089729, which discharges to Tye River-Black Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 10, 2018 and expiring May 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 | NELSON COUNTY REGIONAL STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nelson County Service Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0089729 |
| 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 | May 10, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Piney River, VA 22964 |
| Receiving water | Tye River-Black Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Black Creek-Tye River (HUC 020802030504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 49 | 49 | February 28, 2026 | 3,372% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 25 | 24 | September 30, 2025 | 340% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 11 | 6 | November 30, 2025 | 52% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 93% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 5, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 24, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 13, 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.