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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG408037

MERCY SEAT CHURCH, Elkton, VA: NPDES VAG408037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MERCY SEAT CHURCH, held by Mercy Seat Church, holds NPDES permit VAG408037, which discharges to South Fork Shenandoah River-Elk Run-Boone Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026. 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 filedMERCY SEAT CHURCH
Permittee as filedMercy Seat Church
NPDES IDVAG408037
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 2, 2021
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2026
Issuing agencyVirginia
AddressElkton, VA 22827
Receiving waterSouth Fork Shenandoah River-Elk Run-Boone Run
SubwatershedBoone Run-Elk Run-South Fork Shenandoah River (HUC 020700050804)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH220
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C110
Solids, total suspended110
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100
Chlorine, total residual100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAG408037.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG408037.

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 14, 2026.