Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0024252

NORTHEAST WWTP, Conover, NC: NPDES NC0024252 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NORTHEAST WWTP, held by City of Conover, holds NPDES permit NC0024252. EPA’s file records it issued October 18, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021.

NORTHEAST WWTP, Conover, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0024252, held by City of Conover; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 18, 2016, term to November 30, 2021; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 47 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2024, largest 70% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 108% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2021.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2022, largest 114% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

November 21, 2023: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).
November 8, 2023: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).
January 11, 2022: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).

North Carolina holds 95 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 12 were issued before NC0024252. City of Conover holds 6 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by City of Conover

CITY OF CONOVER PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, Conover: NCG080993, issued July 1, 2021
NORTHEAST WWTP, Conover: NCG110145, issued June 1, 2023
CITY OF CONOVER, Conover: NCL024252, issued January 1, 2021
CITY OF CONOVER, Conover: NCL024279, issued January 1, 2021
CONOVER CITY - SMALL MS4, Conover: NCS000431, issued February 20, 2017

Coverages issued nearest NC0024252

December 30, 2014: BOONVILLE WWTP, Boonville, NC0020931, held by Town of Boonville
February 2, 2016: MARS HILL WWTP, Mars Hill, NC0057151, held by Town of Mars Hill
March 28, 2016: CATAWBA RIVER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, Morganton, NC0026573, held by City of Morganton
March 28, 2016: CORPENING CREEK WWTP, Marion, NC0031879, held by City of Marion
August 1, 2016: WESTERN JUSTICE ACADEMY WWTP, Edneyville, NC0086070, held by Henderson County Utilities
March 10, 2017: BELVILLE WWTP, Belville, NC0075540, held by Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2go
June 30, 2017: RANDLEMAN WWTP, Randleman, NC0025445, held by City of Randleman
July 7, 2017: CHERRYVILLE WWTP, Cherryville, NC0044440, held by City of Cherryville
September 1, 2017: CLAY COUNTY WWTP, Hayesville, NC0026697, held by Clay County Water & Sewer District
September 22, 2017: ROSEBORO WWTP, Roseboro, NC0026816, held by Town of Roseboro

NORTHEAST WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 43 discharge permits in the Lower Leepers Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501011302), NC0024252 among them.

Other permits in the Lower Leepers Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501011302)

295 TAYLORSVILLE BEACH COURT, Taylorsville: NCG550489, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION - CONOVER NC, Conover: NCG081036, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS, Claremont: NCG060309, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
ARMACELL LLC-CONOVER PLANT, Conover: NCG050101, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023
BANDYS HIGH SCHOOL, Newton: NC0051608, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2025
CARGO TRANSPORTERS, INC., Claremont: NCG080426, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
CARPENTER CO - CONOVER, Conover: NCG050072, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023
CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC., Conover: NCG080318, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2021
CENTURY FURNITURE LLC PLANT #12, Conover: NCG180073, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2024
CERTAIN TEED- CLAREMONT, Claremont: NCG050082, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	NORTHEAST WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Conover
NPDES ID	NC0024252
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	October 18, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2021
Address	Conover, NC 28613
Subwatershed	Lower Leepers Creek (HUC 030501011302)
Program components on file	Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
4With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	47	17	June 30, 2024	70% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	44	16	April 30, 2025	108% over the limit
pH	2	3	1	October 31, 2021
Chlorine, total residual	1	2	1	July 31, 2022	114% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	39	0
Solids, total suspended	3	24	0
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	13	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	5	6	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	5	6	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	1	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	1	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	1	1	0
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
November 21, 2023	Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation	ST6
November 8, 2023	Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation	ST6
January 11, 2022	Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0024252.

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 NC0024252.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0024252 for NORTHEAST WWTP in Conover, NC, held by City of Conover and listed as administratively continued, with a Major discharger class. The page lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with status and dates as they stood when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026.