Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0083348

SMITHFIELD WTP, Smithfield, NC: NPDES NC0083348 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SMITHFIELD WTP, held by Town of Smithfield, holds NPDES permit NC0083348. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2019 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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	SMITHFIELD WTP
Permittee as filed	Town of Smithfield
NPDES ID	NC0083348
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	February 28, 2019
Expiration date	February 28, 2023
Address	Smithfield, NC 27577
Subwatershed	Lower Mill Creek (HUC 030202011306)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
15With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Chlorine, total residual	1	120	7	May 31, 2013	112% over the limit
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	34	1	October 31, 2009
Fluoride, total [as F]	0	120	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	119	0
Solids, total suspended	2	115	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	113	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	0	112	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	0	112	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	111	0
Calcium, total [as Ca]	0	111	0
Magnesium, total [as Mg]	0	111	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	0	111	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	0	111	0
pH	2	87	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	85	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 NC0083348.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0083348, held by the Town of Smithfield for the SMITHFIELD WTP in Smithfield, NC, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The facts list 15 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, 15 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.