Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG550658

HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, Highlands, NC: NPDES NCG550658 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, held by Highlands Biological Foundation Inc, holds NPDES permit NCG550658. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2021 and expiring October 31, 2025.

HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, Highlands, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG550658, held by Highlands Biological Foundation Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 12, 2021, term to October 31, 2025; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 12 discharge permits in the Headwaters Chattooga River subwatershed (HUC 030601020201), NCG550658 among them.

Other permits in the Headwaters Chattooga River subwatershed (HUC 030601020201)

134 CAVE ROAD, Highlands: NCG550315, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
360 DOE FALLS ROAD, Franklin: NCG550170, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2025
4117 BUCK CREEK ROAD, Highlands: NCG550389, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2013
4TH STREET WTP, Highlands: NC0032778, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2023
5071 & 5127 HWY 107N, Glenville: NC0089605, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2021
CASHIERS LAKE, Cashiers: NCC231665, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CASHIERS RECREATION CENTER, Cashiers: NCC260754, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
HIGH HAMPTON - CREEKSIDE COTTAGES, Cashiers: NCC252142, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
HIGHLANDS WWTP, Highlands: NC0021407, major permit, permit term to August 31, 2025
HIGHLANDS WWTP, Highlands: NCG110104, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028

What the register holds for HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Highlands, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG550658.

Identity

Facility as filed	HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
Permittee as filed	Highlands Biological Foundation Inc
NPDES ID	NCG550658
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 12, 2021
Expiration date	October 31, 2025
Address	Highlands, NC 28741
Subwatershed	Headwaters Chattooga River (HUC 030601020201)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

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 NCG550658.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG550658.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG550658.

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 NCG550658.

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

HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, a Clean Water Act discharge permit (NPDES ID NCG550658) in Highlands, North Carolina, is one of 8 general permit coverages in that city on EPA's NPDES register, and 12.5% of those 8 coverages have a violation on file. The permit sits among 12 NPDES permits in the Headwaters Chattooga River subwatershed, and 37.5% of the 8 Highlands general permit coverages carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, both counted as 0.