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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG020273

SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE, Spruce Pine, NC: NPDES NCG020273 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE, held by Sibelco North America, holds NPDES permit NCG020273. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2025.

SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE, Spruce Pine, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG020273, held by Sibelco North America; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2021, term to June 30, 2025.

North Carolina holds 3,311 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,428 were issued before NCG020273. Sibelco North America holds 3 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Sibelco North America

Coverages issued nearest NCG020273

SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 19 discharge permits in the Upper Cove Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501050305), NCG020273 among them. Its county holds 19, 0 of them major permits; NCG020273 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Cove Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501050305)

What the register holds for SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG020273.

Identity

Facility as filedSIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE
Permittee as filedSibelco North America
NPDES IDNCG020273
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 1, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2025
AddressSpruce Pine, NC 28777
SubwatershedUpper Cove Creek (HUC 030501050305)
SIC1459 – Clay And Related Minerals

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCG020273.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG020273.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG020273.

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 NCG020273.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA - BUNA MINE storm water industrial permit is one of 15 such permits in Mitchell County, and among the 19 NPDES permits in the Upper Cove Creek subwatershed, this one included. Of all 15 Mitchell County storm water industrial permits, this one was issued earlier than 20.0% of them, and the register shows no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances for it.