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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0089541

ASHTON LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY, Gatesville, NC: NPDES NC0089541 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ASHTON LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY, held by Ashton Lewis Lumber Company, holds NPDES permit NC0089541. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 filedASHTON LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY
Permittee as filedAshton Lewis Lumber Company
NPDES IDNC0089541
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
IssuedSeptember 23, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressGatesville, NC 27938
SubwatershedTown of Hertford-Upper Perquimmans River (HUC 030102050303)
NAICS321113 – Sawmills
SIC2421 – Sawmills And Planing Mills, General

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
pH2222May 31, 2025
Solids, total suspended2211June 30, 20210% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1120
Oil & Grease1100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0089541.

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 NPDES discharge permit NC0089541, held by Ashton Lewis Lumber Company in Gatesville, NC, which EPA's file lists as administratively continued and a minor discharger. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Town of Hertford-Upper Perquimmans River watershed (HUC 030102050303).