Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Sep 2, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325187",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-02T08:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-02T12:42:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-09T07:30:14",
    "modified": "2026-09-09T07:30:14",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Pennington Gap - Pennington Gap  WWTP - Green Belt Manhole",
    "address": "north 205 River Bend Dr",
    "city": "Pennington Gap",
    "zip": "24277",
    "county_city": "Lee County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Pennington Gap STP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Pennington Gap Town",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On September 2, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Pennington Gap WWTP, provided email notification reporting that a manhole overflow occurred along the Pennington Gap Green Belt walking trail on September 2, 2026.  The overflow started approximately 8:00am on September 2nd when the Town of Pennington Gap Public Works Department had to plug the sewer line upstream to make repairs due to a partial blockage of the same sewer line downstream from the overflow site.  Evidence revealed a blockage near a manhole in the River Bend Shopping Center parking lot. Current excavation to uncover and unclog/replace the section of sewer line in the parking lot is underway. On September 8, 2026, DEQ received the 5-day written report noting that 30 feet of sewer line was replaced. The overflow ended at 4:45pm on September 3, 2026.  The estimated amount of the overflow was 100,000 gallons and the report indicated that the overflow did not reach any waterways. The incident was closed on September 9, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "north 205 River Bend Dr Parking lot, Pennington Gap, VA 24277",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on September 3, 2026, and the 5-day written report was received on September 8, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 32.75,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 100000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Replaced 30 feet of sewer line and removed the blockage",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-09-02T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
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    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T15:12:12",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T15:28:01",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T15:28:01",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-09T07:30:14",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-02T15:12:12",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0029599",
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      "VA0029599"
    ],
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    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 32.75 h (sewage report)",
  "_time_basis": "PReP API times are local wall-clock times with no zone, read as America/New_York. The export table stores local time + 5 h all year (decoded by subtracting 5 h); the EDMA point layer stores local time labelled as UTC (decoded by reading the UTC clock as local).",
  "water_placement": {
    "text": null,
    "towns": [
      "Pennington Gap",
      "Lee County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.76592,
    "lon": -83.014568,
    "layer": "DEQ EDMA layer 175 (PReP Reports, Daily)",
    "reference_point": "PG",
    "note": "DEQ's geocode of the report's site address (REFERENCE_POINT 'PG'), not an outfall point",
    "edma_incident": "2026-09-02T08:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-02T12:42:00-04:00"
  },
  "attribution": "DEQ is the data source. DEQ does not certify that this data represents a complete record. This data is provided to the citizens of the Commonwealth free of charge and for informational purposes only.",
  "api_url": "https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/prep/api/prepReports/325187?expand=prepStatusCode,prepUnitTypeCode,prepReportSewages.prepComponentTypeCode,prepReportSewages.prepSewageCauses.prepCauseCode,prepReportSewages.prepSewageImpacts.prepImpactTypeCode,prepReportReleaseSubtypes.prepReleaseSubtypeCode,prepReportPermitViews,prepOriginalReport,prepReportEvents.prepEventTypeCode,prepFipsCode.fipsRegion"
}

Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Southwest Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325187, reported Sep 2, 2026, 12:42 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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