Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG570006
GSW&SA TOWN OF NICHOLS, Nichols, SC: NPDES SCG570006 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GSW&SA TOWN OF NICHOLS, held by GRAND STRAND WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit SCG570006. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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 | GSW&SA TOWN OF NICHOLS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GRAND STRAND WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY |
| NPDES ID | SCG570006 |
| 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 | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 11, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Nichols, SC 29581 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lumber River (HUC 030402031404) |
| 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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 8 | 22 | 2 | August 31, 2018 | 97% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2016 | 79% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2018 | 13% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2018 | 43% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 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 SCG570006.
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.