Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0028606

I-77 REST AREA IREDELL COUNTY, Union Grove, NC: NPDES NC0028606 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

I-77 REST AREA IREDELL COUNTY, held by NC DOT - Environmental Operations, holds NPDES permit NC0028606. EPA’s file records it issued March 10, 2009 and expiring March 31, 2014.

I-77 REST AREA IREDELL COUNTY, Union Grove, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0028606, held by NC DOT - Environmental Operations; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 10, 2009, term to March 31, 2014.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 62 violations of any kind, 48 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2017, largest 873% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 44 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2017, largest 567% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 30 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2017, largest 3,900% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2014.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2017, largest 25% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by NC DOT - Environmental Operations

I-77 REST AREA YADKIN COUNTY, Hamptonville: NC0028614, issued April 13, 2009
ASPHALT TESTING SITE #6-48, Pittsboro: NC0087629, issued November 30, 2011

I-77 REST AREA IREDELL COUNTY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Lower Rocky Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401020106), NC0028606 among them. Its county holds 83, 0 of them major permits; NC0028606 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Rocky Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401020106)

1045 TOMLIN MILL SOLAR, LLC, Statesville: NCC201844, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
LOWE'S RDC OF STATESVILLE, Statesville: NCC253785, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
MCCARTHY IMPROVEMENT IREDELL COUNTY CONCRETE PLANT, Statesville: NCG140447, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2017

Identity

Facility as filed	I-77 REST AREA IREDELL COUNTY
Permittee as filed	NC DOT - Environmental Operations
NPDES ID	NC0028606
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 10, 2009
Expiration date	March 31, 2014
Address	Union Grove, NC 28689
Subwatershed	Lower Rocky Creek (HUC 030401020106)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	62	48	December 31, 2017	873% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	58	44	December 31, 2017	567% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	42	30	December 31, 2017	3,900% over the limit
pH	2	5	3	July 31, 2014
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	3	14	1	April 30, 2017	25% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	7	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	4	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	1	3	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0028606.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0028606.

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 NC0028606.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit NC0028606, held by NC DOT - Environmental Operations for the I-77 REST AREA IREDELL COUNTY in Union Grove, NC, within the Lower Rocky Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401020106). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class and 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.