Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAR051098
WMATA - ALEXANDRIA METRO RAIL YARD, Alexandria, VA: NPDES VAR051098 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 1Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WMATA - ALEXANDRIA METRO RAIL YARD, held by Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, holds NPDES permit VAR051098, which discharges to Cameron Run. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 WMATA - ALEXANDRIA METRO RAIL YARD: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Alexandria, Virginia, its receiving water, and 1 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAR051098.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WMATA - ALEXANDRIA METRO RAIL YARD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Washington Metro Area Transit Authority |
| NPDES ID | VAR051098 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | July 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Alexandria, VA 22314 |
| Receiving water | Cameron Run |
| Subwatershed | Cameron Run (HUC 020700100302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 1Pollutants on file
- 1Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAR051098.
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 VAR051098.
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 15, 2026.