Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0020249
CHERAW WWTF, Cheraw, SC: NPDES SC0020249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHERAW WWTF, held by CHERAW TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit SC0020249. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2016. 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 | CHERAW WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHERAW TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | SC0020249 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Cheraw, SC 29520 |
| Subwatershed | Huckleberry Branch-Great Pee Dee River (HUC 030402010504) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD000825232 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 351 | 15 | December 31, 2022 | 259% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 345 | 8 | January 31, 2025 | 129% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 86 | 2 | June 30, 2023 | 117% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 169 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 169 | 1 | May 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 85 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | 37% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 360 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 360 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 336 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 168 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 30 | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 30, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 17, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| August 12, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| August 20, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| August 20, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.