Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0049115
FIRST QUALITY TISSUE SE, LLC, Anderson, SC: NPDES SC0049115 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIRST QUALITY TISSUE SE, LLC, held by First Quality Tissue SE, LLC, holds NPDES permit SC0049115. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 | FIRST QUALITY TISSUE SE, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | First Quality Tissue SE, LLC |
| NPDES ID | SC0049115 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Anderson, SC 29626 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Big Generostee Creek (HUC 030601030401) |
| NAICS | 322121 – Paper [Except Newsprint] Mills |
| SIC | 2621 – Paper Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SCD036050854; ICIS-AIR source SC00002000217 |
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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 0 | 52 | 48 | January 31, 2017 | 300% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 12 | 9 | February 28, 2013 | 13% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 4 | May 31, 2013 | 75% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2020 | |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 0 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2012 | 21,820% over the limit |
| % of time exceeding pH limits | 0 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2012 | 3,540% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 0 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 30% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SC0049115.
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.