Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCS000428

BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4, Burlington, NC: NPDES NCS000428 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

BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4, held by City of Burlington, holds NPDES permit NCS000428. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2017 and expiring February 19, 2022.

BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4, Burlington, North Carolina: Individual permit NCS000428, held by City of Burlington; Small municipal storm sewer systems; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 20, 2017, term to February 19, 2022.

North Carolina holds 53 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 3 were issued before NCS000428. City of Burlington holds 13 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by City of Burlington

BURLINGTON PICKLEBALL CENTER, Burlington: NCC233587, issued April 1, 2024
BURLINGTON DOWNTOWN WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, Burlington: NCC242756, issued September 9, 2024
NC61 WATERLINE, Burlington: NCC253826, issued December 18, 2025
NC61 SOUTH GRAVITY SEWERLINE EXTENSION, Burlington: NCC253835, issued December 18, 2025
BURLINGTON DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE, Burlington: NCC261161, issued May 8, 2026
BURLINGTON EQUIPMENT SERVICES, Burlington: NCG080706, issued July 1, 2021
SOUTHSIDE WWTP, Burlington: NCG110067, issued June 1, 2023
EASTSIDE WWTP, Burlington: NCG110068, issued June 1, 2023
J.D. MACKINTOSH, JR. WTP, Burlington: NCG590013, issued August 28, 2019
CITY OF BURLINGTON, Burlington: NCL023868, issued January 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest NCS000428

February 20, 2017: MOUNT HOLLY CITY - SMALL MS4, Mount Holly, NCS000407, held by City of Mount Holly
February 20, 2017: CLEMMONS VILLAGE - SMALL MS4, Clemmons, NCS000410, held by Village of Clemmons
February 20, 2017: BESSEMER CITY CITY - SMALL MS4, Bessemer City, NCS000412, held by City of Bessemer City
February 20, 2017: HIGH POINT CITY - SMALL MS4, High Point, NCS000421, held by City of High Point
February 20, 2017: FLETCHER - SMALL MS4, Fletcher, NCS000424, held by Town of Fletcher
February 20, 2017: CONOVER CITY - SMALL MS4, Conover, NCS000431, held by City of Conover
February 20, 2017: WOODFIN - SMALL MS4, Asheville, NCS000440, held by Town of Woodfin
February 20, 2017: ROCKY MOUNT CITY - SMALL MS4, Rocky Mount, NCS000442, held by City of Rocky Mount
February 20, 2017: LOWELL CITY - SMALL MS4, Lowell, NCS000444, held by City of Lowell
February 20, 2017: CRAMERTON TOWN - SMALL MS4, Cramerton, NCS000449, held by Town of Cramerton

BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 44 discharge permits in the Bowden Branch subwatershed (HUC 030300020309), NCS000428 among them.

Other permits in the Bowden Branch subwatershed (HUC 030300020309)

7949 SHEETZ EMPLOYEE PARKING EXPANSION, Burlington: NCC260090, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
ALAMANCE FOODS, INC. EXPANSION, Burlington: NCC232928, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BURLINGTON DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE, Burlington: NCC261161, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BURLINGTON DOWNTOWN WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, Burlington: NCC242756, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BURLINGTON PICKLEBALL CENTER, Burlington: NCC233587, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BURLINGTON SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, Burlington: NCC252203, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CITY OF GREENSBORO - WHITE STREET LANDFILL, Greensboro: NCG120013, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
COPLAND FABRICS, Burlington: NCC264088, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
COUNCIL CREEK, Graham: NCC214053, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
DASH-IN OF GRAHAM, NC, Graham: NCC252091, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

What the register holds for BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Burlington, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCS000428.

Identity

Facility as filed	BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4
Permittee as filed	City of Burlington
NPDES ID	NCS000428
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Small municipal storm sewer systems
Issued	February 20, 2017
Expiration date	February 19, 2022
Address	Burlington, NC 27216
Subwatershed	Bowden Branch (HUC 030300020309)

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 NCS000428.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCS000428.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCS000428.

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 NCS000428.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

The permit is BURLINGTON CITY - SMALL MS4, a Clean Water Act discharge permit held by the City of Burlington in Burlington, North Carolina, and it is one of 1 storm water small MS4s permits on EPA's NPDES register in Burlington, this one included. It sits within the Bowden Branch subwatershed (HUC 030300020309), which holds 44 NPDES permits, this one included. The permit reports 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.