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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0051608

BANDYS HIGH SCHOOL, Newton, NC: NPDES NC0051608 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BANDYS HIGH SCHOOL, held by Catawba County Schools, holds NPDES permit NC0051608. EPA’s file records it issued June 7, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 filedBANDYS HIGH SCHOOL
Permittee as filedCatawba County Schools
NPDES IDNC0051608
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
IssuedJune 7, 2021
Expiration dateApril 30, 2025
AddressNewton, NC 28658
SubwatershedLower Leepers Creek (HUC 030501011302)
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]4173September 30, 201925% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2153January 31, 2010300% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2131January 31, 201030% over the limit
pH2120
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C2120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant190
Temperature, water deg. centigrade160
Chlorine, total residual150

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 4, 2026Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
April 26, 2022Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
December 2, 2020Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
May 3, 2017Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0051608 for BANDYS HIGH SCHOOL in Newton, NC, held by Catawba County Schools, which EPA's file records as issued June 7, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2025, and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.