Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0020656
LEITH CREEK WWTP, Laurinburg, NC: NPDES NC0020656 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEITH CREEK WWTP, held by City of Laurinburg, holds NPDES permit NC0020656. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LEITH CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Laurinburg |
| NPDES ID | NC0020656 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 17, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Address | Laurinburg, NC 28352 |
| Subwatershed | Cowpen Swamp-Bear Swamp (HUC 030402031302) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 21 | 14 | August 31, 2024 | 45% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 6 | 23 | 6 | October 31, 2018 | 244% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 43 | 3 | October 31, 2011 | 18% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 24 | 3 | May 31, 2019 | 53% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2012 | 48% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 2 | September 30, 2014 | 79% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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 NC0020656.
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 October 14, 2026.