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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCC251294

DUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION, Clayton, NC: NPDES NCC251294 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION, held by Duke Energy Progress, LLC, holds NPDES permit NCC251294. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 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 DUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Clayton, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCC251294.

Identity

Facility as filedDUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION
Permittee as filedDuke Energy Progress, LLC
NPDES IDNCC251294
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 25, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2029
AddressClayton, NC 27520
SubwatershedBuffalo Creek-Neuse River (HUC 030202011105)

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 NCC251294.

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 NCC251294.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCC251294.

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 NCC251294.

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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DUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION, Clayton, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCC251294, held by Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Effective; issued April 25, 2025, term to March 31, 2029.

Other permits held by Duke Energy Progress, LLC

DUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 62 discharge permits in the Buffalo Creek-Neuse River subwatershed (HUC 030202011105), NCC251294 among them.

Other permits in the Buffalo Creek-Neuse River subwatershed (HUC 030202011105)

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

The DUKE ENERGY SMITHFIELD 115KV CAPACITOR BANK STATION is one of 135 general permit coverages in Clayton, and only 0.7% of those coverages carry a violation on file. Among those same 135 coverages, 56.3% were issued earlier than this one, and the permit sits within a subwatershed that holds 62 NPDES permits, this one included. The permit records no pollutant under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedance, both counted at 0.