Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0048402
AVX CORPORATION CONWAY, Conway, SC: NPDES SC0048402 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AVX CORPORATION CONWAY, held by AVX CORPORATION/CONWAY, holds NPDES permit SC0048402, which discharges to Socastee Swamp. EPA’s file records it issued November 21, 2005 and expiring December 31, 2010. 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 | AVX CORPORATION CONWAY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AVX CORPORATION/CONWAY |
| NPDES ID | SC0048402 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 21, 2005 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2010 |
| Address | Conway, SC 29526 |
| Receiving water | Socastee Swamp |
| Subwatershed | Mills Pond-Waccamaw River (HUC 030402060907) |
| NAICS | 334416 – Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3675 – Electronic Capacitors |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD980803241 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trichloroethylene | 2 | 22 | 10 | November 30, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2021 | 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.