Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0002925
DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC/H.B. ROBINSON NUCLEAR PLANT, Hartsville, SC: NPDES SC0002925 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC/H.B. ROBINSON NUCLEAR PLANT, held by (Unknown Permittee), holds NPDES permit SC0002925. EPA’s file records it issued March 8, 2007 and expiring April 30, 2011. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC/H.B. ROBINSON NUCLEAR PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | (Unknown Permittee) |
| NPDES ID | SC0002925 |
| 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 | March 8, 2007 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2011 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Hartsville, SC 29550 |
| Subwatershed | Lake Robinson-Black Creek (HUC 030402010606) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD048374920; ICIS-AIR source SC00008200002 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 10 | 19 | 5 | September 30, 2023 | 120% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 13 | 19 | 2 | March 31, 2024 | 213% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 7 | 11 | 2 | December 31, 2013 | 117% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 7 | 4 | 1 | October 31, 2012 | 22% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 20 | 0 | ||
| pH | 17 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Repro Reduc Static Renewal7D Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 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 SC0002925.
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 September 15, 2026.