Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0046892

LANCASTER CATAWBA RIVER, Lancaster, SC: NPDES SC0046892 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MajorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LANCASTER CATAWBA RIVER, held by LANCASTER CITY OF, holds NPDES permit SC0046892. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2022 and expiring March 31, 2027. 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	LANCASTER CATAWBA RIVER
Permittee as filed	LANCASTER CITY OF
NPDES ID	SC0046892
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 14, 2022
Expiration date	March 31, 2027
Issuing agency	State
Address	Lancaster, SC 29720
Subwatershed	Fishing Creek Reservoir-Catawba River (HUC 030501030606)
Program components on file	Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	1623 – Water, Sewer, And Utility Lines

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

42Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
42With 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
Solids, total suspended	4	39	32	March 31, 2014	4,118% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	35	31	August 31, 2016	135% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	18	18	October 31, 2015	665% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	16	14	June 30, 2016	3,000% over the limit
E. coli	4	66	12	January 31, 2026	593% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	14	9	July 31, 2007	189% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	9	8	February 28, 2015	504% over the limit
pH	2	7	5	May 31, 2015
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	6	4	June 30, 2021	162% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	0	6	4	July 31, 2007	66% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	4	3	1	February 28, 2017	50% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	2	1	July 31, 2007	7% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	8	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether	0	2	0
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0	2	0
Hexachlorobutadiene	0	2	0
Hexachloroethane	0	2	0
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine	0	2	0
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine	0	2	0
N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA]	0	2	0
Benzo[a]anthracene	0	2	0
2-Chlorophenol	0	2	0
2-Nitrophenol	0	2	0
Di-n-octyl phthalate	0	2	0
2,4-Dichlorophenol	0	2	0
2,4-Dinitrotoluene	0	2	0
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol, dry weight	0	2	0
2,6-Dinitrotoluene	0	2	0
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine	0	2	0
4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether	0	2	0
4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether	0	2	0
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol	0	2	0
Pentachlorophenol	0	2	0
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]	0	2	0
Di-n-butyl phthalate	0	2	0
Hexachlorobenzene	0	2	0
p-Chloro-m-cresol	0	2	0
LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	2	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	0
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	1	0
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	1	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
June 10, 2024	Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards	ST6
March 24, 2023	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
October 13, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
October 3, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
January 26, 2021	Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records	ST6
January 26, 2021	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
January 26, 2021	Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample	ST6
January 26, 2021	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
January 26, 2021	Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error	ST6

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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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES SC0046892 for LANCASTER CATAWBA RIVER in Lancaster, SC, held by LANCASTER CITY OF, with a status of Effective and a Major Discharger class. The facts list 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 12 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Fishing Creek Reservoir-Catawba River subwatershed (HUC 030501030606).