Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG021049

CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT, Bessemer City, NC: NPDES NCG021049 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT, held by Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc, holds NPDES permit NCG021049. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2025 and expiring June 30, 2030.

CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT, Bessemer City, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG021049, held by Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued October 1, 2025, term to June 30, 2030.

North Carolina holds 3,311 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 3,244 were issued before NCG021049. Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc holds 2 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc

CAROLINA LITHIUM-MINE CONCENTRATE OPERATIONS, Bessemer City: NCG021053, issued October 1, 2025

Coverages issued nearest NCG021049

September 3, 2025: FMI COMPOSITES, LLC, Winston Salem, NCG170432, held by Fmi Composites LLC
September 5, 2025: AVGOL AMERICA INC, Mocksville, NCG170433, held by Avgol America Inc
September 10, 2025: NORTH EAST DIRT RUSH MINE, Wallace, NCG021050, held by Kenneth Ray Cavenaugh
September 17, 2025: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - WNC4, Jacksonville, NCG060462, held by Amazon Com Services LLC
September 30, 2025: CONCRETE SUPPLY - MOORESVILLE OAKRIDGE FARM, Mooresville, NCG140555, held by Concrete Supply Co LLC
October 1, 2025: CAROLINA LITHIUM-MINE CONCENTRATE OPERATIONS, Bessemer City, NCG021053, held by Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc
October 2, 2025: CONTAINER PRODUCTS COMPANY, Currie, NCG030756, held by Container Products Company
October 2, 2025: FORTRESS CEMENT, INC., Wilmington, NCG070241, held by Fortress Cement Inc
October 6, 2025: SANDY BOTTOMS EXPLORATIONS MINE, Kinston, NCG021040, held by Big J and Little J LLC
October 6, 2025: LOWER FIELD MINE, Ayden, NCG021057, held by Tripp's Mining LLC

CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 71 discharge permits in the Catawba Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501011502), NCG021049 among them.

Other permits in the Catawba Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501011502)

1008 KINGBIRD LN, Clover: SCR10ZJS7, minor permit, permit term to November 16, 2030
1010 KINGBIRD LANE, Lake Wylie: SCR10ZKU0, minor permit, permit term to April 20, 2031
110 HULL DRIVE, Dallas: NCG551169, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
1776 AT GASTONIA (FOUNDERS LANDING), Gastonia: NCC252047, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
4523 BELHAVEN FOREST DRIVE, Gastonia: NCG550190, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2013
623 CRIMSON CLOVER COURT ILEC PLAN, York: SCR10ZF6M, minor permit, permit term to May 5, 2029
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - AKH4, Gastonia: NCG050462, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
BEAL MANUFACTURING, INC., Gastonia: NCG170129, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2019
CAMBER WOODS, Gastonia: NCC214874, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CAROLINA COVES - LOT 8, Clover: SCR10ZB3P, minor permit, permit term to August 17, 2027

What the register holds for CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Bessemer City, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG021049.

Identity

Facility as filed	CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT
Permittee as filed	Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc
NPDES ID	NCG021049
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	October 1, 2025
Expiration date	June 30, 2030
Address	Bessemer City, NC 28016
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Catawba Creek (HUC 030501011502)

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 NCG021049.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG021049.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG021049.

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 NCG021049.

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

The CAROLINA LITHIUM-LITHIUM HYDROXIDE CONVERSION PLANT permit, filed under Piedmont Lithium Carolinas Inc, is one of 4 storm water industrial permits on EPA's NPDES register in Bessemer City, including this one. It also sits among 63 NPDES permits in the Catawba Creek subwatershed, this one included. The permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, each counted as 0.