Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0000477
MILLIKEN PENDLETON PLANT, Pendleton, SC: NPDES SC0000477 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MILLIKEN PENDLETON PLANT, held by MILLIKEN & COMPANY, holds NPDES permit SC0000477. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2019. 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 filed | MILLIKEN PENDLETON PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MILLIKEN & COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | SC0000477 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 20, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Pendleton, SC 29670 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Eighteenmile Creek (HUC 030601010602) |
| NAICS | 313310 – Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills |
| SIC | 2262 – Finishing Plants, Manmade |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD003357548; ICIS-AIR source SC00002000011 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 98 | 5 | July 31, 2013 | 30% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 66 | 4 | December 31, 2023 | 27,592% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 38 | 4 | July 31, 2026 | 297% over the limit |
| Phenols | 4 | 78 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | 8,582% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 117 | 1 | July 31, 2013 | 40% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 180 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 8 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 8 | 139 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Length of longest pH excursion | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||
| % of time exceeding pH limits | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Color [admi units] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia | 1 | 16 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SC0000477.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.