Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG020227

SMETHPORT QUARRY, West Jefferson, NC: NPDES NCG020227 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SMETHPORT QUARRY, held by Cardinal Quarries LLC, holds NPDES permit NCG020227. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2025.

SMETHPORT QUARRY, West Jefferson, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG020227, held by Cardinal Quarries LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2021, term to June 30, 2025.

February 12, 2026: Evaluation (S).

North Carolina holds 3,311 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,428 were issued before NCG020227.

Coverages issued nearest NCG020227

July 1, 2021: PINE HALL BRICK CO-GALLOWAY M, Madison, NCG020217, held by Pine Hall Brick Co Inc
July 1, 2021: PINE HALL BRICK CO-CHILTON VAN NOPPEN, Madison, NCG020219, held by Pine Hall Brick Co Inc
July 1, 2021: B V HEDRICK-LILESVILLE QUARRY, Lilesville, NCG020220, held by B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Company
July 1, 2021: B V HEDRICK-GRAVEL PLANT, Lilesville, NCG020221, held by B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Company
July 1, 2021: BARNHILL CONTRACTING CO-O'NEAL, Elizabeth City, NCG020226, held by Barnhill Contracting Company
July 1, 2021: HEDRICK INDUSTRIES-GREEN LEE PIT, Old Fort, NCG020231, held by B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Company
July 1, 2021: HIGH POINT QUARRY, High Point, NCG020232, held by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
July 1, 2021: HEIDELBERG MATERIALS - NEVERSON QUARRY, Bailey, NCG020234, held by Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC
July 1, 2021: HEIDELBERG MATERIALS-ROUGEMONT QUARRY, Rougemont, NCG020235, held by Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC
July 1, 2021: APPLACHIAN STONE CO.-EDGE MINE, Marion, NCG020236, held by Appalachian Stone Company Inc

SMETHPORT QUARRY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Middle Fork Reddies River-South Fork Reddies River subwatershed (HUC 030401010303), NCG020227 among them. Its county holds 22, 0 of them major permits; NCG020227 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Middle Fork Reddies River-South Fork Reddies River subwatershed (HUC 030401010303)

3999 NC HIGHWAY 88 WEST, Warrensville: NCG550500, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
COBBLE CREEK LUMBER HICE AVENUE, West Jefferson: NCG210395, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
WEST JEFFERSON WWTP, West Jefferson: NCG110148, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	SMETHPORT QUARRY
Permittee as filed	Cardinal Quarries LLC
NPDES ID	NCG020227
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	July 1, 2021
Expiration date	June 30, 2025
Address	West Jefferson, NC 28694
Subwatershed	Middle Fork Reddies River-South Fork Reddies River (HUC 030401010303)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source NC0000003700500054

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCG020227.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG020227.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 12, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 NCG020227.

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Nearby on the register

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

SMETHPORT QUARRY is one of 12 storm water industrial permits in Ashe County on EPA's NPDES register, and 0.0% of those 12 carry a violation on file. Among the NPDES permits in the Middle Fork Reddies River-South Fork Reddies River subwatershed (HUC 030401010303), it is one of 4 listed, and 50.0% of the 12 Ashe County storm water industrial permits were issued earlier than this one. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, each counted as 0.