Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCS000601

SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, Sawmills, NC: NPDES NCS000601 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

SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, held by Town of Sawmills, holds NPDES permit NCS000601. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, Sawmills, North Carolina: Individual permit NCS000601, held by Town of Sawmills; Small municipal storm sewer systems; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 11, 2021, term to June 30, 2026.

North Carolina holds 53 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 48 were issued before NCS000601. Town of Sawmills holds 2 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Town of Sawmills

SAWMILLS VETERANS PARK DEBRIS CLEANUP, Sawmills: NCC260116, issued February 5, 2026

Coverages issued nearest NCS000601

January 23, 2018: TOWN OF ZEBULON - SMALL MS4, Zebulon, NCS000557, held by Town of Zebulon
January 23, 2018: TOWN OF CLAYTON - SMALL MS4, Clayton, NCS000559, held by Town of Clayton
January 23, 2018: CITY OF ELIZABETH CITY - SMALL MS4, Elizabeth Cty, NCS000563, held by City of Elizabeth City
January 23, 2018: TOWN OF WENDELL - SMALL MS4, Wendell, NCS000564, held by Town of Wendell
October 10, 2018: UNC CHAPEL HILL - SMALL MS4, Chapel Hill, NCS000441, held by UNC At Chapel Hill
May 11, 2021: GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, Granite Falls, NCS000602, held by Town of Granite Falls
May 11, 2021: TOWN OF GAMEWELL - SMALL MS4, Lenoir, NCS000603, held by Town of Gamewell
May 11, 2021: TOWN OF CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN - SMALL MS4, Lenoir, NCS000604, held by Town of Cajah's Mountain
May 11, 2021: TOWN OF HUDSON - SMALL MS4, Hudson, NCS000605, held by Town of Hudson

SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 40 discharge permits in the Freemason Creek-Catawba River subwatershed (HUC 030501010802), NCS000601 among them.

Other permits in the Freemason Creek-Catawba River subwatershed (HUC 030501010802)

111 LAKE FRONT DRIVE, Connelly Springs: NCC243007, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
114 RIVERCLIFF DRIVE W, Connelly Springs: NCC250169, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
1487 CORDOVA DR - LOT 249, Connelly Springs: NCC252527, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
1716 JUMPING RUN CONNELLY SPRINGS, Connelly Springs: NCC243553, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
214 RIVERCLIFF DR E CONNELLY SPRINGS NC 28612, Connelly Springs: NCC250560, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2189 LIGHTHOUSE LN. CONNELLY SPRINGS, NC 28612, Connelly Springs: NCC253791, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2199 CASTLE PEAK MOUNTAIN, Connelly Springs: NCC251626, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2220 SNOWMASS DRIVE CONNELLY SPRINGS, NC 28612, Connelly Springs: NCC260446, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
2446 W PARADISE HARBOR DR, CONNELLY SPRINGS, NC 28612, Connelly Springs: NCC262005, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
3029 JUMPING RUN, LOT #105, CONNELLY SPRINGS, NC 28612, Connelly Springs: NCC250369, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

What the register holds for SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sawmills, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCS000601.

Identity

Facility as filed	SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4
Permittee as filed	Town of Sawmills
NPDES ID	NCS000601
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	May 11, 2021
Expiration date	June 30, 2026
Address	Sawmills, NC 28630
Subwatershed	Freemason Creek-Catawba River (HUC 030501010802)

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 NCS000601.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCS000601.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCS000601.

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 NCS000601.

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Nearby on the register

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

Sawmills has 1 storm water small MS4 permit on EPA's NPDES register, filed under SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4. The Freemason Creek-Catawba River subwatershed lists 40 NPDES permits, counting this Sawmills entry.