GRASSY GAP CREEK WWTP, Banner Elk, NC: NPDES NC0022730 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GRASSY GAP CREEK WWTP, Banner Elk, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0022730, held by Town of Beech Mountain; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued August 20, 2018, term to September 30, 2022; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 89 violations of any kind, 15 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2024, largest 51% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 195 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2019, largest 21% over the limit.
• Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 155 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2024, largest 16% over the limit.
• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 144 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2010, largest 16% over the limit.
• Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 194 violations of any kind.
• Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 1 limit, 111 violations of any kind.
• Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 111 violations of any kind.
• Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 111 violations of any kind.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 111 violations of any kind.
• pH: 2 limits, 74 violations of any kind.

• October 16, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
• July 10, 2019: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).

North Carolina holds 95 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 23 were issued before NC0022730. Town of Beech Mountain holds 4 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Town of Beech Mountain

• TOWN OF BEECH MOUNTAIN 2022 WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS REHABILITATION PROJECT, Beech Mountain: NCC240687, issued 2024-04-01
• CHERRY GAP SEDIMENT DISPOSAL SITE, Banner Elk: NCC252725, issued 2025-09-12
• TOWN OF BEECH MOUNTAIN, Beech Mountain: NCL069761, issued 2021-01-01

Coverages issued nearest NC0022730

• 2017-09-27: ROCKFISH CREEK WWTP, Fayetteville: NC0050105, held by Fayetteville Public Works Commission
• 2017-10-06: TWSA PLANT #3, Cashiers: NC0063321, held by Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority
• 2018-02-07: WILMINGTON SOUTHSIDE WWTP, Wilmington: NC0023973, held by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
• 2018-07-16: RIVERSTONE INDUSTRIAL PARK WWTP, Forest City: NC0087084, held by Town of Forest City
• 2018-08-14: HENRY FORK WWTP, Hickory: NC0040797, held by City of Hickory
• 2018-09-06: FRENCH BROAD RIVER WRF, Asheville: NC0024911, held by Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina
• 2018-09-25: ROXBORO WWTP, Roxboro: NC0021024, held by City of Roxboro
• 2018-10-08: GRASSY BRANCH WWTP, Monroe: NC0085812, held by Union County
• 2019-02-11: FOURTH CREEK WWTP, Statesville: NC0031836, held by City of Statesville
• 2019-05-31: MANTEO WWTP, Manteo: NC0079057, held by Town of Manteo

GRASSY GAP CREEK WWTP among its neighbors

4 discharge permits are in the Elk Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401010104); NC0022730 is one.

Other permits in the Elk Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401010104)

• BRMC HORTON RIDGE SECTION 14, LOT 3I/SMITH HOMESITE, Boone: NCC243787, minor, term to 2029-03-31
• THE RETREAT AT ELK CREEK, Deep Gap: NCC253128, minor, term to 2029-03-31
• VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS-BOONE QUARRY, Boone: NCG020251, minor, term to 2025-06-30