Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0024465
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE WWTF, Batesburg-Leesville, SC: NPDES SC0024465 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE WWTF, held by BATESBURG LEESVILLE TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit SC0024465. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2020. 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 | BATESBURG-LEESVILLE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BATESBURG LEESVILLE TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | SC0024465 |
| 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 | March 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29006 |
| Subwatershed | Chinquapin Creek (HUC 030502030101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 88 | 63 | November 30, 2021 | 2,789% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 55 | 27 | June 30, 2021 | 417% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 33 | 27 | June 30, 2023 | 520% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 31 | 25 | April 30, 2022 | 493% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 22 | 18 | December 31, 2023 | 270% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 37 | 12 | November 30, 2021 | 380% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 6 | July 31, 2009 | 78% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 21 | 5 | November 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 23 | 3 | September 30, 2010 | 18% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 13 | 1 | February 28, 2019 | |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 514% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2007 | 465% over the limit |
| Dichlorodibromomethane | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 0 | 2 | 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
- 21Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| August 1, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| June 10, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| June 10, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 10, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| June 10, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| June 8, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| June 8, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| June 8, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 6, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 6, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 6, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Inflow/Infiltration (I/I) | ST6 |
| March 5, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies | ST6 |
| March 5, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| March 5, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Inflow/Infiltration (I/I) | ST6 |
| September 23, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 23, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| May 14, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| May 14, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 14, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | 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 September 15, 2026.