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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0001848

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC, COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY, Hopkins, SC: NPDES SC0001848 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC, COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY, held by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, holds NPDES permit SC0001848. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2018. 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 filedWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC, COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY
Permittee as filedWestinghouse Electric Company LLC
NPDES IDSC0001848
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 30, 2017
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2018
Issuing agencyState
AddressHopkins, SC 29061
SubwatershedMiddle Congaree River (HUC 030501100303)
NAICS325180 – Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
SIC2819 – Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler SCD047559331; ICIS-AIR source SC00019000050

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8117May 31, 202275% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual454April 30, 201935% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general453September 30, 2016505% over the limit
Solids, total suspended862April 30, 201046% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]232July 31, 20266% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]811July 31, 200816% over the limit
pH420
Phosphorus, total [as P]420
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant420
Length of longest pH excursion210
% of time exceeding pH limits210
Fluoride, total [as F]200
E. coli200
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200

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
July 1, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 25, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES SC0001848, held by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC for its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, SC, which is classed as a Major Discharger and is administratively continued. The register lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as issued March 30, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2018.