Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0025798
KERSHAW HANGING ROCK CREEK, Lancaster, SC: NPDES SC0025798 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KERSHAW HANGING ROCK CREEK, held by KERSHAW TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit SC0025798. EPA’s file records it issued June 27, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 | KERSHAW HANGING ROCK CREEK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KERSHAW TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | SC0025798 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 27, 2022 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lancaster, SC 29067 |
| Subwatershed | Hanging Rock Creek (HUC 030402020202) |
| 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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 12 | 106 | 100 | June 30, 2014 | 355% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 24 | 27 | 11 | May 31, 2022 | 553% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 20 | 4 | April 30, 2020 | 83% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 20 | 4 | March 31, 2011 | 833% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 12 | 4 | March 31, 2011 | 1,400% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 8 | 4 | July 31, 2012 | 89% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 3 | 7 | 3 | August 31, 2019 | 560% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 3 | 7 | 3 | August 31, 2019 | 560% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 16 | 2 | February 28, 2010 | 13% over the limit |
| E. coli | 12 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 613% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2018 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2019 | 4% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 1% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 29, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 2, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| September 2, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 24, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| June 22, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent 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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