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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0037231

BEAR GRASS CHARTER SCHOOL WWTP, Williamston, NC: NPDES NC0037231 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BEAR GRASS CHARTER SCHOOL WWTP, held by Bear Grass Charter School Inc, holds NPDES permit NC0037231. EPA’s file records it issued February 7, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2024. 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 filedBEAR GRASS CHARTER SCHOOL WWTP
Permittee as filedBear Grass Charter School Inc
NPDES IDNC0037231
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 7, 2020
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2024
AddressWilliamston, NC 27892
SubwatershedChocowinity Creek (HUC 030201040102)
NAICS611110 – Elementary and Secondary Schools
SIC8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]45444June 30, 20261,673% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4188November 30, 2025327% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]31274February 28, 201415% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1113May 31, 201340% over the limit
Solids, total suspended282April 30, 202527% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C271March 31, 2014600% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade31230
Nitrogen, total [as N]1100
pH260
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]140
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]130
Phosphorus, total [as P]130
Chlorine, total residual100

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 NC0037231.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0037231.

Formal enforcement and penalties

6 formal actions, 6 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.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyFederal penaltyState or local penalty
November 5, 2026State CWA Penalty AOState$2,296
September 3, 2026State CWA Penalty AOState$1,243
August 31, 2026State CWA Penalty AOState$1,626
August 10, 2026State CWA Penalty AOState$1,811
June 10, 2026State CWA Penalty AOState$1,228
June 10, 2026State CWA Penalty AOState$995

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 31, 2026Notice of ViolationState
July 20, 2026Notice of ViolationState
June 30, 2026Notice of ViolationState
May 14, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0037231 for the Bear Grass Charter School WWTP in Williamston, NC, held by Bear Grass Charter School Inc, with its status as administratively continued and its figures for 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The page also notes the permit's issue and expiration dates as they stood when the record was loaded.