EPA · discharge permits by state

Discharge permits in North Carolina

19,518Current permits
92Major dischargers
471Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers North Carolina’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 7 programs, 659 cities and 1,309 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 19,518 current permits in North Carolina has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in North Carolina, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in North Carolina

By city

The 400 cities with the most permits. All 659 cities in North Carolina with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in North Carolina.

Watersheds inside North Carolina 1,309

Every watershed with three or more permits in North Carolina, most permits first.

All 1,309 watersheds in North Carolina with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in North Carolina.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in North Carolina is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
ASHEBORO WWTP	NC0026123	ASHEBORO	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Tysons Creek-Deep River
ASHEVILLE COMBINED CYCLE PLANT	NC0000396	ARDEN		Major	Cove Creek-Green River
BADIN BUSINESS PARK	NC0004308	BADIN		Major	Pee Dee River-Lake Tillery
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION	NC0006564	MARION		Major	Knob Creek
BELHAVEN WWTP	NC0026492	BELHAVEN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major
BELMONT WWTP	NC0021181	BELMONT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lake Wylie-Catawba River
CATAWBA RIVER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY	NC0026573	MORGANTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lower Indian Creek
CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTY WWTP	NC0030716	SMITHFIELD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Falling Creek
CHEMOURS COMPANY-FAYETTEVILLE WORKS	NC0089915	FAYETTEVILLE		Major	Elkton Swamp
CHEROKEE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	NC0052469	CHEROKEE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	OCONALUFTEE RIVER
CHERRY POINT WWTP	NC0003816	CHERRY POINT		Major
CHERRYVILLE WWTP	NC0044440	CHERRYVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Crowders Creek
COOLEEMEE WWTP	NC0024872	COOLEEMEE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Big Bear Creek
CORPENING CREEK WWTP	NC0031879	MARION	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Magness Creek-First Broad River
DEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP	NC0088285	GARNER		Major	Lower Hannah Creek
DUVALTEX	NC0005312	ELKIN		Major	Logan Creek
ENFIELD WWTP	NC0025402	ENFIELD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Middle Deep Creek
FARMVILLE WWTP	NC0029572	FARMVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Halfmoon Creek-Neuse River
FOURTH CREEK WWTP	NC0031836	STATESVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Dutch Buffalo Creek
FRANKLIN COUNTY WWTP	NC0069311	FRANKLINTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Jumping Run-Tar River
FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF	NC0024911	ASHEVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Clear Creek
FRENCHS CREEK ADVANCED WWTP	NC0063029	CAMP LEJEUNE		Major
GLOBAL CELLULOSE FIBERS - RIEGELWOOD MILL	NC0003298	RIEGELWOOD		Major	Hood Creek
GUC WWTP	NC0023931	GREENVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Palmetto Swamp
GUNPOWDER CREEK WWTP	NC0023736	HUDSON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Town of Startown-South Fork Catawba River
HAMLET WWTP	NC0047562	HAMLET	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Beaverdam Creek-Little Pee Dee River
HAVELOCK WWTP	NC0021253	HAVELOCK	Publicly owned treatment works	Major
HENRY FORK WWTP	NC0040797	HICKORY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Sulphur Branch-South Fork Catawba River
HIGHLANDS WWTP	NC0021407	HIGHLANDS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Headwaters Chattooga River
HILLSBOROUGH WWTP	NC0026433	HILLSBOROUGH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major
HOMINY CREEK WRF	NC0023906	WILSON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Wheat Swamp Creek
KILLIAN CREEK WWTP	NC0088722	STANLEY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Fites Creek-Catawba River
LAKE RHODHISS WWTP	NC0041696	VALDESE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lower Indian Creek
LEE STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT	NC0003417	GOLDSBORO		Major	Brooks Swamp
LEITH CREEK WWTP	NC0020656	LAURINBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Cowpen Swamp-Bear Swamp
LEXINGTON REGIONAL WWTP	NC0055786	LEXINGTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Beaverdam Creek-Yadkin River
LITHIUM DIVISION PLANT	NC0005177	BESSEMER CITY		Major	Lower Crowders Creek
LITTLE CREEK RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY	NC0079316	ZEBULON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Little Creek-Little River
LOUISBURG WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY	NC0020231	LOUISBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lake Sagamore-Cyprus Creek
LOWER CREEK WWTP	NC0023981	LENOIR	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Howards Creek

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