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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0042510

LAKE ROYALE WWTP, Louisburg, NC: NPDES NC0042510 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LAKE ROYALE WWTP, held by Red Bird Utility Operating Company LLC, holds NPDES permit NC0042510. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2024.

LAKE ROYALE WWTP, Louisburg, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0042510, held by Red Bird Utility Operating Company LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 27, 2020, term to September 30, 2024; Lessors of Other Real Estate Property.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 125 violations of any kind, 72 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 93,043% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 55 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 67% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C: 6 limits, 114 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 600% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 39 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2023, largest 168% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 47 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2012, largest 4% over the limit.
  • pH: 6 limits, 81 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 4 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 3 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 37 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 37 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 31 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • February 20, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
  • October 22, 2019: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).
  • November 13, 2017: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).

LAKE ROYALE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 30 discharge permits in the Little Creek-Little River subwatershed (HUC 030202011602), NC0042510 among them.

Other permits in the Little Creek-Little River subwatershed (HUC 030202011602)

Identity

Facility as filedLAKE ROYALE WWTP
Permittee as filedRed Bird Utility Operating Company LLC
NPDES IDNC0042510
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
IssuedMay 27, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressLouisburg, NC 27549
SubwatershedLittle Creek-Little River (HUC 030202011602)
NAICS531190 – Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
SIC6515 – Mobile Home Site Operators

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]412572April 30, 202093,043% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C25517July 31, 202567% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C61149November 30, 2025600% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1392August 31, 2023168% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2471December 31, 20124% over the limit
pH6810
Temperature, water deg. centigrade4400
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]3390
Nitrogen, total [as N]1370
Phosphorus, total [as P]1370
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1310

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 22, 2019Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
November 13, 2017Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0042510.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 20, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0042510 for LAKE ROYALE WWTP in Louisburg, NC, held by Red Bird Utility Operating Company LLC, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The figures listed are 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.