Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0086169

FIBER OPTIC FACILITY, Midland, NC: NPDES NC0086169 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FIBER OPTIC FACILITY, held by Corning Incorporated, holds NPDES permit NC0086169. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2023.

FIBER OPTIC FACILITY, Midland, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0086169, held by Corning Incorporated; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 16, 2019, term to October 31, 2023; Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chloride [as Cl]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Corning Incorporated

CORNING INCORPORATED- MIDLAND, Midland: NCG070233, issued June 6, 2023

FIBER OPTIC FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Lower Richardson Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401050507), NC0086169 among them.

Other permits in the Lower Richardson Creek subwatershed (HUC 030401050507)

CORNING INCORPORATED- MIDLAND, Midland: NCG070233, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
GRASSY BRANCH WWTP, Monroe: NC0085812, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2023
MCGEE BROTHERS CO INCORPORATED, Midland: NCG140288, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2022
MESSER LLC, Midland: NCG500604, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2025
TALLWOOD ESTATES WWTP, Indian Trail: NC0069523, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2018
UFP SITE BUILT, LLC, PLANT 417, Locust: NCG210519, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
UFP SITE BUILT, LLC, PLANT 513, Stanfield: NCG210520, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	FIBER OPTIC FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Corning Incorporated
NPDES ID	NC0086169
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	August 16, 2019
Expiration date	October 31, 2023
Address	Midland, NC 28107
Subwatershed	Lower Richardson Creek (HUC 030401050507)
NAICS	327212 – Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing
SIC	3229 – Pressed And Blown Glass
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler NCR000007856; ICIS-AIR source NC0000003701300117

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	14
pH	2	4
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	3
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	1	2
Chlorine, total residual	1	1
Chloride [as Cl]	0	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NC0086169.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0086169.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0086169.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NC0086169.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NC0086169 for the FIBER OPTIC FACILITY in Midland, NC, held by Corning Incorporated, with the permit recorded as administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it notes the permit was issued August 16, 2019 and expired October 31, 2023.