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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCL005849

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WWTP, Sneads Ferry, NC: NPDES NCL005849 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WWTP, held by Onslow Water &Sewer Authority (ONWASA), holds NPDES permit NCL005849. EPA’s file records it issued February 18, 2025 and expiring December 31, 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 NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WWTP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCL005849.

Identity

Facility as filedNORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WWTP
Permittee as filedOnslow Water &Sewer Authority (ONWASA)
NPDES IDNCL005849
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeAssociated permit record
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 18, 2025
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressSneads Ferry, NC 28460
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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 NCL005849.

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 NCL005849.

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 NCL005849 for NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WWTP in Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, held by Onslow Water &Sewer Authority (ONWASA). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class of 0, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued February 18, 2025 and expired December 31, 2025.