Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCS000602

GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, Granite Falls, NC: NPDES NCS000602 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

GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, held by Town of Granite Falls, holds NPDES permit NCS000602. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, Granite Falls, North Carolina: Individual permit NCS000602, held by Town of Granite Falls; 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 NCS000602. Town of Granite Falls holds 3 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Town of Granite Falls

GRANITE FALLS WTP, Granite Falls: NCG590005, issued August 20, 2019
TOWN OF GRANITE FALLS, Granite Falls: NCL021890, issued January 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest NCS000602

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: SAWMILLS TOWN - SMALL MS4, Sawmills, NCS000601, held by Town of Sawmills
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

GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 24 discharge permits in the Gunpowder Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501010803), NCS000602 among them.

Other permits in the Gunpowder Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501010803)

120 WHITE FAWN CIRCLE, Granite Falls: NCC251373, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
139 GREEN ROAD, Granite Falls: NCC253794, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
5200 PORT LANE, Granite Falls: NCC261925, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
5438 BRIDGEWATER DRIVE, Granite Falls: NCC261268, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
5493 BRIDGEWATER DR GRANITE FALLS NC - NOAH PARKER, Granite Falls: NCC260111, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CALDWELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE -- HEALTH SCIENCE BLDG., Hudson: NCC264000, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CALDWELL COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, Hudson: NCC243574, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
CITY OF LENOIR, Lenoir: NCL023736, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
COVINGTON PLACE SUBDIVISION, Cajahs Mountain: NCC231766, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
DENIS AND ELIZABETH DOSTER, Granite Falls: NCC261121, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

What the register holds for GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Granite Falls, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCS000602.

Identity

Facility as filed	GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4
Permittee as filed	Town of Granite Falls
NPDES ID	NCS000602
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	Granite Falls, NC 28630
Subwatershed	Gunpowder Creek (HUC 030501010803)

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 NCS000602.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCS000602.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCS000602.

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 NCS000602.

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

The GRANITE FALLS TOWN - SMALL MS4 permit is one of 1 Storm Water Small MS4s permits on EPA's NPDES register in Granite Falls, and it is one of 24 NPDES permits in the Gunpowder Creek subwatershed (HUC 030501010803). The permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, both counted at 0.