Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0045624
SSSD COWPENS-PACOLET RIVER, Cowpens, SC: NPDES SC0045624 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SSSD COWPENS-PACOLET RIVER, held by SSSD/COWPENS-PACOLET RIVER, holds NPDES permit SC0045624, which discharges to Pacolet River. EPA’s file records it issued February 24, 2014 and expiring March 31, 2019. 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 | SSSD COWPENS-PACOLET RIVER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SSSD/COWPENS-PACOLET RIVER |
| NPDES ID | SC0045624 |
| 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 | February 24, 2014 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2019 |
| Address | Cowpens, SC 29330 |
| Receiving water | Pacolet River |
| Subwatershed | Middle Pacolet River (HUC 030501051504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | 18% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2003 | 200% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2013 | 13% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 26% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 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 SC0045624.
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.