Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0021024

ROXBORO WWTP, Roxboro, NC: NPDES NC0021024 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ROXBORO WWTP, held by City of Roxboro, holds NPDES permit NC0021024. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2022.

ROXBORO WWTP, Roxboro, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0021024, held by City of Roxboro; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 25, 2018, term to May 31, 2022; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Cyanide, total [as CN]: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2012, largest 1,260% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 5 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2020, largest 100% over the limit.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2020, largest 52% over the limit.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2011, largest 129% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 70 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest January 31, 2024, largest 2% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2015, largest 16% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2009, largest 5,782% over the limit.
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2011.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 51 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 47 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 5 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Conductivity: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

June 4, 2026: Biomonitoring (S).
March 24, 2021: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).

North Carolina holds 95 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 25 were issued before NC0021024. City of Roxboro holds 4 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by City of Roxboro

ROXBORO WWTP, Roxboro: NCG110042, issued June 1, 2023
CITY OF ROXBORO, Roxboro: NCL021024, issued January 1, 2021
CITY OF ROXBORO - SMALL MS4, Roxboro: NCS000547, issued January 23, 2018

Coverages issued nearest NC0021024

February 7, 2018: WILMINGTON SOUTHSIDE WWTP, Wilmington, NC0023973, held by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
July 16, 2018: RIVERSTONE INDUSTRIAL PARK WWTP, Forest City, NC0087084, held by Town of Forest City
August 14, 2018: HENRY FORK WWTP, Hickory, NC0040797, held by City of Hickory
August 20, 2018: GRASSY GAP CREEK WWTP, Banner Elk, NC0022730, held by Town of Beech Mountain
September 6, 2018: FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF, Asheville, NC0024911, held by Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina
October 8, 2018: GRASSY BRANCH WWTP, Monroe, NC0085812, held by Union County
February 11, 2019: FOURTH CREEK WWTP, Statesville, NC0031836, held by City of Statesville
May 31, 2019: MANTEO WWTP, Manteo, NC0079057, held by Town of Manteo
June 17, 2019: EAST BEND INDUSTRIAL PARK WWTP, East Bend, NC0064726, held by Town of East Bend
June 30, 2019: CHEROKEE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Cherokee, NC0052469, held by Eastern Band Cherokee Indians - Qualla Boundary (Cherokee WWTP)

ROXBORO WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 32 discharge permits in the Fishing Creek subwatershed (HUC 030201010201), NC0021024 among them.

Other permits in the Fishing Creek subwatershed (HUC 030201010201)

133 OUTLAW ROAD, Roxboro: NCG550821, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
2017B WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, Oxford: NCC220796, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2018 SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, Oxford: NCC205203, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2018 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, Oxford: NCC205041, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2710 OXFORD ROAD, Roxboro: NCG550769, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
724 HUDSON BLAYLOCK ROAD, Roxboro: NCG550777, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
895 OXFORD ROAD, Roxboro: NCG550929, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
CERTAINTEED LLC - OXFORD, NC EXPANSION, Oxford: NCC223139, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CERTAINTEED PHASE 2 ACCESS ROAD, Oxford: NCC250669, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CITY OF OXFORD, Oxford: NCL025054, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	ROXBORO WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Roxboro
NPDES ID	NC0021024
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	September 25, 2018
Expiration date	May 31, 2022
Address	Roxboro, NC 27573
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Fishing Creek (HUC 030201010201)
Program components on file	Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

18Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
8With 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
Cyanide, total [as CN]	0	5	5	June 30, 2012	1,260% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	5	10	2	June 30, 2020	100% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	2	2	December 31, 2020	52% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]	0	2	2	May 31, 2011	129% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	70	1	January 31, 2024	2% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	12	1	May 31, 2015	16% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	1	1	March 31, 2009	5,782% over the limit
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1	1	March 31, 2011
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	51	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	47	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	5	9	0
Conductivity	4	8	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	3	0
pH	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	1	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	0	0
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 24, 2021	Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 4, 2026	Biomonitoring	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NC0021024.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0021024 for ROXBORO WWTP in Roxboro, NC, held by City of Roxboro, with a status of administratively continued and a Major Discharger class. The facts list 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance for this permit.