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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG020274

PINE MOUNTAIN M&P, Spruce Pine, NC: NPDES NCG020274 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PINE MOUNTAIN M&P, held by The Quartz Corp USA, holds NPDES permit NCG020274. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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.

What the register holds for PINE MOUNTAIN M&P: 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 NCG020274.

Identity

Facility as filedPINE MOUNTAIN M&P
Permittee as filedThe Quartz Corp USA
NPDES IDNCG020274
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

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCG020274.

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 NCG020274.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG020274.

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 NCG020274.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

PINE MOUNTAIN M&P is a Clean Water Act discharge permit in Mitchell County, where 13.3% of the storm water industrial permits have a violation on file. The Upper Cove Creek subwatershed contains 19 NPDES permits. Mitchell County lists 15 storm water industrial permits on EPA's NPDES register, and 20.0% of those 15, counting this permit, were issued earlier.