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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0029033

NEUSE RIVER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, Raleigh, NC: NPDES NC0029033 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEUSE RIVER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, held by City of Raleigh, holds NPDES permit NC0029033. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2021 and expiring February 28, 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 filedNEUSE RIVER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY
Permittee as filedCity of Raleigh
NPDES IDNC0029033
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 13, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2025
AddressRaleigh, NC 27610
SubwatershedPolecat Branch-Neuse River (HUC 030202011702)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler NCD981019300; ICIS-AIR source NC0000003709200852

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C5381June 30, 200831% over the limit
pH211December 31, 2023
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111February 28, 200728% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]21350
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4540
Solids, total suspended3310
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C2120
Phosphorus, total [as P]150
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140
Flow, total140
Temperature, water deg. centigrade100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0029033.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0029033 for the NEUSE RIVER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY in Raleigh, NC, held by City of Raleigh, with permit status Effective and discharger class Major. The facts list 13 under the discharger class figure, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 13, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2025, as of October 14, 2026.