Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAN050001
CAPE CHARLES TOWN - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Cape Charles, VA: NPDES VAN050001 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CAPE CHARLES TOWN - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Cape Charles Town - Wastewater Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit VAN050001. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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.
What the register holds for CAPE CHARLES TOWN - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Cape Charles, Virginia, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAN050001.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CAPE CHARLES TOWN - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cape Charles Town - Wastewater Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | VAN050001 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Virginia |
| Address | Cape Charles, VA 23310 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cherrystone Inlet-Lower Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020801110902) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAN050001.
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 VAN050001.
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.