Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0038822

CENTRAL CARE WWTP, Mount Airy, NC: NPDES NC0038822 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CENTRAL CARE WWTP, held by Central Care Inc, holds NPDES permit NC0038822. EPA’s file records it issued March 12, 2019 and expiring February 29, 2024.

CENTRAL CARE WWTP, Mount Airy, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0038822, held by Central Care Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 12, 2019, term to February 29, 2024.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 130 violations of any kind, 60 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2024, largest 790% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 15 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2025, largest 919% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2023, largest 10% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2014, largest 194% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 12, 2026: Evaluation (S).
January 23, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).

CENTRAL CARE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 25 discharge permits in the Little Yadkin River subwatershed (HUC 030401011005), NC0038822 among them.

Other permits in the Little Yadkin River subwatershed (HUC 030401011005)

0 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE, King: NCC243434, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
ALEXANDER APARTMENTS, King: NCC231484, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
ALTIUM PACKAGING - MT. AIRY, Mount Airy: NCG050432, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - WNC9, Mount Airy: NCG060466, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
APPLEWOOD, Yadkin, Old Richmond: NCC240425, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CARPENTER CO, Mount Airy: NCG050172, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023
CK TECHNOLOGIES, Mount Airy: NCG050391, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023
CONCRETE SUPPLY CO - MOUNT AIRY PLANT, Mount Airy: NCG140012, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2027
CONCRETE SUPPLY CO-KING PLANT, King: NCG140143, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2022
HARRINGTON PARK (PH II & III), King: NCC190192, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	CENTRAL CARE WWTP
Permittee as filed	Central Care Inc
NPDES ID	NC0038822
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 12, 2019
Expiration date	February 29, 2024
Address	Mount Airy, NC 27030
Subwatershed	Little Yadkin River (HUC 030401011005)

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	130	60	July 31, 2024	790% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	22	15	September 30, 2025	919% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	9	2	January 31, 2023	10% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	2	2	July 31, 2014	194% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	4	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	4	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0038822.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 12, 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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 23, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit NC0038822 for CENTRAL CARE WWTP in Mount Airy, NC, held by Central Care Inc, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor Discharger. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 8 of them under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Little Yadkin River subwatershed (HUC 030401011005).