Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0050105

ROCKFISH CREEK WWTP, Fayetteville, NC: NPDES NC0050105 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ROCKFISH CREEK WWTP, held by Fayetteville Public Works Commission, holds NPDES permit NC0050105. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	ROCKFISH CREEK WWTP
Permittee as filed	Fayetteville Public Works Commission
NPDES ID	NC0050105
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 27, 2017
Expiration date	October 31, 2021
Address	Fayetteville, NC 28306
Subwatershed	Frenchs Creek-Cape Fear River (HUC 030300050402)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
7With 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, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	5	26	4	September 30, 2018	143% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	32	3	September 30, 2018	183% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	17	3	September 30, 2018	505% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	7	3	February 28, 2021	27% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	2	September 30, 2018	100% over the limit
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	2	2	April 30, 2008
pH	2	1	1	October 31, 2016
Solids, total suspended	3	17	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	1	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	1	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	3	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	0	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	1	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	0	0
Chv Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia	1	0	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0050105.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit NC0050105 for the ROCKFISH CREEK WWTP in Fayetteville, NC, held by Fayetteville Public Works Commission, and lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The page also shows a permit status of Administratively continued, a Major Discharger class, and a subwatershed of Frenchs Creek-Cape Fear River (HUC 030300050402).