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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0004243

SEVIER PLANT, Marion, NC: NPDES NC0004243 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SEVIER PLANT, held by Coats American Inc, holds NPDES permit NC0004243. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2017 and expiring November 30, 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.

Identity

Facility as filedSEVIER PLANT
Permittee as filedCoats American Inc
NPDES IDNC0004243
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 30, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2021
AddressMarion, NC 28752
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCatheys Creek (HUC 030501050403)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler NCD003157377; ICIS-AIR source NC0000003705600001

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2144April 30, 202216% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2133January 31, 202079% over the limit
Sulfide, total [as S]2113June 30, 20071,275% over the limit
Phenolics, total recoverable2113April 30, 2019312% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C222October 31, 201749% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual111December 31, 2020194% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]280
Chromium, total [as Cr]280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140
Nitrogen, total [as N]110
pH200
Temperature, water deg. centigrade100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0004243.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0004243 for the SEVIER PLANT in Marion, NC, held by Coats American Inc, with its status shown as administratively continued and its class as Major Discharger. The page lists 15 pollutants on file, of which 15 are under a numeric limit, 6 have an effluent exceedance, and 15 are shown in total for effluent limits and exceedances.