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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0088285

DEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP, Garner, NC: NPDES NC0088285 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP, held by City of Raleigh, holds NPDES permit NC0088285. EPA’s file records it issued April 6, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2023.

DEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP, Garner, North Carolina: Individual permit NC0088285, held by City of Raleigh; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 6, 2020, term to February 28, 2023; Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.

  • pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Turbidity: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Coliform, total MF, immed, m-endo med 35 C: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • July 14, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).

Other permits held by City of Raleigh

DEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 18 discharge permits in the Lower Hannah Creek subwatershed (HUC 030202011302), NC0088285 among them.

Other permits in the Lower Hannah Creek subwatershed (HUC 030202011302)

Identity

Facility as filedDEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP
Permittee as filedCity of Raleigh
NPDES IDNC0088285
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 6, 2020
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2023
AddressGarner, NC 27529
SubwatershedLower Hannah Creek (HUC 030202011302)
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – Water Supply

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
pH200
Solids, total suspended200
Turbidity100
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Coliform, total MF, immed, m-endo med 35 C100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100
Chlorine, total residual100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NC0088285.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0088285.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NC0088285.

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
July 14, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit NC0088285 for DEMPSEY E. BENTON WTP in Garner, North Carolina, held by City of Raleigh, with a status of administratively continued and a major discharger class. The register lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Lower Hannah Creek subwatershed (HUC 030202011302).