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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCS000412

BESSEMER CITY CITY - SMALL MS4, Bessemer City, NC: NPDES NCS000412 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BESSEMER CITY CITY - SMALL MS4, held by City of Bessemer City, holds NPDES permit NCS000412. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2017 and expiring February 19, 2022. 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 filedBESSEMER CITY CITY - SMALL MS4
Permittee as filedCity of Bessemer City
NPDES IDNCS000412
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramSmall municipal storm sewer systems
IssuedFebruary 20, 2017
Expiration dateFebruary 19, 2022
AddressBessemer City, NC 28016
SubwatershedUpper Long Creek (HUC 030501020602)
SIC9111 – Executive Offices

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 NCS000412.

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
March 4, 2026Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
September 18, 2019Permit 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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Nearby on the register

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit NCS000412, held by City of Bessemer City for the BESSEMER CITY CITY - SMALL MS4 facility in Bessemer City, NC, as EPA's file stood when Velarion loaded it on October 14, 2026. The permit was issued February 20, 2017 and expires February 19, 2022, and the page lists 0 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, 0 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.