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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG170218

SHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT, Hickory, NC: NPDES NCG170218 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT, held by Shuford Yarns LLC, holds NPDES permit NCG170218. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024.

SHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT, Hickory, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG170218, held by Shuford Yarns LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 1, 2019, term to May 31, 2024.

North Carolina holds 3,311 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 847 were issued before NCG170218. Shuford Yarns LLC holds 4 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Shuford Yarns LLC

Coverages issued nearest NCG170218

SHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 37 discharge permits in the Sulphur Branch-South Fork Catawba River subwatershed (HUC 030501020504), NCG170218 among them. Its county holds 130, 0 of them major permits; NCG170218 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Sulphur Branch-South Fork Catawba River subwatershed (HUC 030501020504)

What the register holds for SHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Hickory, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG170218.

Identity

Facility as filedSHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT
Permittee as filedShuford Yarns LLC
NPDES IDNCG170218
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
IssuedAugust 1, 2019
Expiration dateMay 31, 2024
AddressHickory, NC 28603
SubwatershedSulphur Branch-South Fork Catawba River (HUC 030501020504)
SIC2281 – Yarn Spinning Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source NC0000003701800468

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCG170218.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG170218.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG170218.

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 NCG170218.

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

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The SHUFORD YARNS, LLC-HICKORY SPINNERS PLANT storm water industrial permit is one of 94 such permits on EPA's NPDES register in Catawba County, and 27.7% of those 94 permits carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit also sits within the Sulphur Branch-South Fork Catawba River subwatershed, which holds 37 NPDES permits, this one included. Among the storm water industrial permits in Catawba County, 0.0% have a violation on file, and this permit has none of its recorded pollutant exceedances or numeric-limit entries.