Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0002585
INV CAMDEN PLANT, Lugoff, SC: NPDES SC0002585 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 77Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INV CAMDEN PLANT, held by INV Nylon Polymers Americas, LLC, holds NPDES permit SC0002585. EPA’s file records it issued July 14, 2025 and expiring August 31, 2030. 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 | INV CAMDEN PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | INV Nylon Polymers Americas, LLC |
| NPDES ID | SC0002585 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 14, 2025 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lugoff, SC 29078 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Gillies Creek-Wateree River (HUC 030501040304) |
| NAICS | 325211 – Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2821 – Plastics Materials And Resins |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD003344363; ICIS-AIR source SC00013800003 |
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
- 85Pollutants on file
- 77Under a numeric limit
- 82With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 85 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 109 | 17 | February 28, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 39 | 1 | August 31, 2023 | |
| 4-Nitrophenol | 4 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2015 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 66 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Length of longest pH excursion | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| % of time exceeding pH limits | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,6-Dinitrotoluene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 4 | 4 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| October 14, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 9, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 9, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
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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