Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0025763
SPARTANBURG SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT/CHESNEE WWTP, Chesnee, SC: NPDES SC0025763 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPARTANBURG SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT/CHESNEE WWTP, held by CHESNEE CITY OF, holds NPDES permit SC0025763, which discharges to Little Buck Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 | SPARTANBURG SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT/CHESNEE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHESNEE CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | SC0025763 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Chesnee, SC 29323 |
| Receiving water | Little Buck Creek |
| Subwatershed | Buck Creek (HUC 030501051501) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 17 | 5 | October 31, 2024 | 292% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 11 | 5 | February 28, 2017 | 1,110% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | September 30, 2008 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2022 | 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.