Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0048488
LCP MINING COMPANY, LLC/LEGARE CREEK PLANTATION MINE, Edisto Island, SC: NPDES SC0048488 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LCP MINING COMPANY, LLC/LEGARE CREEK PLANTATION MINE, held by LEGARE CREEK PLANTATION MINE, holds NPDES permit SC0048488, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To N Edisto River. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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 | LCP MINING COMPANY, LLC/LEGARE CREEK PLANTATION MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LEGARE CREEK PLANTATION MINE |
| NPDES ID | SC0048488 |
| 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 | July 15, 2014 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | SC Department of Health & Env Control |
| Address | Edisto Island, SC 29438 |
| Receiving water | unnamed trib to N Edisto River |
| Subwatershed | Dawho River-North Edisto River (HUC 030502060405) |
| NAICS | 212390 – Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying |
| SIC | 1499 – Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals |
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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 140 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 140 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 140 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 106 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES SC0048488.
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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| October 6, 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.