Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0032662

NORTH WWTP, Claremont, NC: NPDES NC0032662 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NORTH WWTP, held by City of Claremont, holds NPDES permit NC0032662. EPA’s file records it issued August 20, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2025.

NORTH WWTP, Claremont, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0032662, held by City of Claremont; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 20, 2020, term to July 31, 2025; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 84 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2023, largest 100% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 84 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2026, largest 207% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 40 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2008, largest 4,043% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 37 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2016, largest 3% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 25 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2012, largest 4% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 45 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 3 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 3 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 6, 2026: Evaluation (S).
September 18, 2024: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).

North Carolina holds 95 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 60 were issued before NC0032662. City of Claremont holds 4 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by City of Claremont

KELLY BLVD AND HEART DR, Conover: NCC262549, issued September 3, 2026
CITY OF CLAREMONT, Claremont: NCL032662, issued January 1, 2021
CITY OF CLAREMONT, Claremont: NCL081370, issued January 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest NC0032662

June 17, 2020: TRYON WWTP, Tryon, NC0021601, held by Town of Tryon
June 19, 2020: MASON FARM WWTP, Chapel Hill, NC0025241, held by Orange Water and Sewer Authority
June 24, 2020: YADKIN RIVER WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Unionville, NC0089893, held by Union County Public Works
June 29, 2020: BUNN WWTP, Bunn, NC0042269, held by Town of Bunn
July 16, 2020: TARBORO WWTP, Tarboro, NC0020605, held by Town of Tarboro
September 15, 2020: OLD FORT WWTP, Old Fort, NC0021229, held by Town of Old Fort
September 28, 2020: MOUNT AIRY WWTP, Mount Airy, NC0021121, held by City of Mount Airy
October 9, 2020: LITTLE CREEK RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, Zebulon, NC0079316, held by City of Raleigh
October 19, 2020: ROCKINGHAM WWTP, Rockingham, NC0020427, held by City of Rockingham
October 21, 2020: HAMLET WWTP, Hamlet, NC0047562, held by City of Hamlet

NORTH WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 43 discharge permits in the Lower Leepers Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501011302), NC0032662 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	NORTH WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Claremont
NPDES ID	NC0032662
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 20, 2020
Expiration date	July 31, 2025
Address	Claremont, NC 28610
Subwatershed	Lower Leepers Creek (HUC 030501011302)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
15With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	84	7	January 31, 2023	100% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	84	7	January 31, 2026	207% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	40	6	January 31, 2008	4,043% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	37	1	April 30, 2016	3% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	25	1	December 31, 2012	4% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	45	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	3	33	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	33	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	33	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	0	33	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	0	33	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	30	0
pH	2	22	0
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	21	0
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia	0	18	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 18, 2024	Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 6, 2026	Evaluation	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 NC0032662.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit NC0032662 for NORTH WWTP in Claremont, NC, held by City of Claremont, which EPA's file lists as administratively continued past its July 31, 2025 expiration date. The page lists 15 pollutants on file, 9 of them under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.