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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCC250549

BEAR BRANCH SOLAR ADD. ACREAGE, Walnut Cove, NC: NPDES NCC250549 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BEAR BRANCH SOLAR ADD. ACREAGE, held by Bear Branch Solar LLC, holds NPDES permit NCC250549. EPA’s file records it issued February 21, 2025 and expiring March 31, 2029. 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.

What the register holds for BEAR BRANCH SOLAR ADD. ACREAGE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Walnut Cove, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCC250549.

Identity

Facility as filedBEAR BRANCH SOLAR ADD. ACREAGE
Permittee as filedBear Branch Solar LLC
NPDES IDNCC250549
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 21, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2029
AddressWalnut Cove, NC 27052
SubwatershedTown Fork Creek-Dan River (HUC 030101030302)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCC250549.

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 NCC250549.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

BEAR BRANCH SOLAR ADD. ACREAGE is one of 3 NPDES permits in the Town Fork Creek-Dan River subwatershed, and it is one of 9 general permit coverages in Walnut Cove. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance on file.