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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG500662

HIGH SHOALS HYDRO PROJECT, High Shoals, NC: NPDES NCG500662 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HIGH SHOALS HYDRO PROJECT, held by High Shoals LLC, holds NPDES permit NCG500662. EPA’s file records it issued January 6, 2021 and expiring November 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 HIGH SHOALS HYDRO PROJECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in High Shoals, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG500662.

Identity

Facility as filedHIGH SHOALS HYDRO PROJECT
Permittee as filedHigh Shoals LLC
NPDES IDNCG500662
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
IssuedJanuary 6, 2021
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2025
AddressHigh Shoals, NC 28077
SubwatershedCatawba Creek (HUC 030501011502)
SIC4911 – Electric Services

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 NCG500662.

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 NCG500662.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG500662.

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 NCG500662.

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

What this page shows

HIGH SHOALS HYDRO PROJECT, a general permit coverage held by High Shoals LLC in High Shoals, North Carolina, is one of 32 general permit coverages in Gaston County, and one of 63 NPDES permits in the Catawba Creek subwatershed. Of the 32 general permit coverages in Gaston County, 15.6% have a violation on file, while 53.1% were issued before this one. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.