Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0036935

PINE MOUNTAIN LAKES WWTP, Connellys Springs, NC: NPDES NC0036935 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

PINE MOUNTAIN LAKES WWTP, held by Pine Mountain Property Owners Assoc, holds NPDES permit NC0036935. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2025.

PINE MOUNTAIN LAKES WWTP, Connellys Springs, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0036935, held by Pine Mountain Property Owners Assoc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 14, 2021, term to July 31, 2025.

Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 1,400% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 3,833% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 107% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 108% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

PINE MOUNTAIN LAKES WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Beaverdam Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501020503), NC0036935 among them. Its county holds 57, 0 of them major permits; NC0036935 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Beaverdam Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501020503)

5225 HOFFMAN TRAIL DREDGE SITE, Connellys Springs: NCG520114, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2025
CAROLINA LITHIUM-MINE CONCENTRATE OPERATIONS, Bessemer City: NCG021053, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2030
CITY OF CHERRYVILLE, Cherryville: NCL044440, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
LANDERS CHAPEL RD/LOTS 1-3, Lincolnton: NCC224046, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
NEW GYMNASIUM, Cherryville: NCC241243, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	PINE MOUNTAIN LAKES WWTP
Permittee as filed	Pine Mountain Property Owners Assoc
NPDES ID	NC0036935
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	December 14, 2021
Expiration date	July 31, 2025
Address	Connellys Springs, NC 28612
Subwatershed	Beaverdam Creek (HUC 030501020503)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
10With 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
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	16	8	March 31, 2020	1,400% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	15	7	April 30, 2020	3,833% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	10	2	April 30, 2020	107% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	9	2	February 29, 2020	108% over the limit
pH	2	8	2	April 30, 2025
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	1	7	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	7	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	6	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	6	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	6	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0036935.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0036935.

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 NC0036935.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0036935 for the PINE MOUNTAIN LAKES WWTP in Connellys Springs, NC, held by Pine Mountain Property Owners Assoc, with the permit administratively continued. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 10 pollutants on file.