Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0047333

BRANCHVILLE TOWN OF, Branchville, SC: NPDES SC0047333 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BRANCHVILLE TOWN OF, held by BRANCHVILLE, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit SC0047333, which discharges to Edisto River. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2010 and expiring June 30, 2015. 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	BRANCHVILLE TOWN OF
Permittee as filed	BRANCHVILLE, TOWN OF
NPDES ID	SC0047333
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	December 30, 2010
Expiration date	June 30, 2015
Address	Branchville, SC 29432
Receiving water	Edisto River
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

13Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
9With 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, suspended percent removal	1	71	35	April 30, 2026	260% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	184	32	November 30, 2020	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	4	135	21	March 31, 2018	720% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	92	20	August 31, 2015	1,725% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	57	20	April 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	92	16	April 30, 2010	508% over the limit
E. coli	0	15	3	January 31, 2022	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	84	2	January 31, 2009
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	43	2	November 30, 2012	7% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	164	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	4	82	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	52	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	52	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
February 15, 2022	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	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.