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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG590004

CLEVELAND COUNTY WTP, Lawndale, NC: NPDES NCG590004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CLEVELAND COUNTY WTP, held by Cleveland County Water, holds NPDES permit NCG590004. EPA’s file records it issued August 20, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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.

Identity

Facility as filedCLEVELAND COUNTY WTP
Permittee as filedCleveland County Water
NPDES IDNCG590004
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
IssuedAugust 20, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2024
AddressLawndale, NC 28090
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Crowders Creek (HUC 030501011501)
SIC4941 – Water Supply

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

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140
pH220
Solids, total suspended220
Chlorine, total residual120
Turbidity110

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NCG590004.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 10, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NCG590004 for CLEVELAND COUNTY WTP in Lawndale, NC, held by Cleveland County Water, which is listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class and a permit status of Minor Discharger class 5. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it shows the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file.