Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM081633
SYCAMORE STRIP, Hurley, VA: NPDES VAM081633 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SYCAMORE STRIP, held by THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY, holds NPDES permit VAM081633. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2020 and expiring April 23, 2023. 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 | SYCAMORE STRIP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | VAM081633 |
| 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 | April 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 23, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Hurley, VA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Left Fork-Knox Creek (HUC 050702010305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 | 24 | 327 | 6 | July 31, 2024 | 614% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 24 | 317 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 203% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 24 | 315 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 24 | 315 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 210 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 16 | 210 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 9 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 24 | 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 VAM081633.
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 15, 2026.