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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCS000474

LENOIR CITY - SMALL MS4, Lenoir, NC: NPDES NCS000474 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LENOIR CITY - SMALL MS4, held by City of Lenoir, holds NPDES permit NCS000474. 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 filedLENOIR CITY - SMALL MS4
Permittee as filedCity of Lenoir
NPDES IDNCS000474
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
AddressLenoir, NC 28645
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Lower Creek (HUC 030501010701)
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 NCS000474.

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 19, 2025Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
November 30, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
November 29, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
November 28, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
November 27, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
November 26, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
September 26, 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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Nearby on the register

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit NCS000474 for LENOIR CITY - SMALL MS4 in Lenoir, NC, held by City of Lenoir under the small municipal storm sewer systems program, with a status of Effective. The permit was issued February 20, 2017 and expired February 19, 2022, and the page lists 0 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.