Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG360026

NORTHBROOK BOYDS MILL DAM HYDRO, Laurens, SC: NPDES SCG360026 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NORTHBROOK BOYDS MILL DAM HYDRO, held by NORTHBROOK CAROLINA HYDRO LLC, holds NPDES permit SCG360026. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	NORTHBROOK BOYDS MILL DAM HYDRO
Permittee as filed	NORTHBROOK CAROLINA HYDRO LLC
NPDES ID	SCG360026
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 31, 2016
Expiration date	June 30, 2020
Issuing agency	State
Address	Laurens, SC 29360
Subwatershed	Outlet Reedy River (HUC 030501090604)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With 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
pH	5	77	17	June 30, 2022
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	4	48	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	27	0
Oil and grease visual	1	12	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 21, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies	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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit SCG360026 for NORTHBROOK BOYDS MILL DAM HYDRO in Laurens, SC, held by NORTHBROOK CAROLINA HYDRO LLC, with outlet to the Reedy River (HUC 030501090604). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, an issue date of May 31, 2016, and an expiration date of June 30, 2020. The page lists 4 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, 4 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.