Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG570025
GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC. PLANT 14 DBA WATSONTOWN BRICK, Columbia, SC: NPDES SCG570025 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC. PLANT 14 DBA WATSONTOWN BRICK, held by MERIDIAN BRICK LLC - COLUMBIA FACILITY, holds NPDES permit SCG570025. 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 | GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC. PLANT 14 DBA WATSONTOWN BRICK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MERIDIAN BRICK LLC - COLUMBIA FACILITY |
| NPDES ID | SCG570025 |
| 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 | December 11, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Columbia, SC 29203 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Crane Creek (HUC 030501060707) |
| NAICS | 327120 – Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3251 – Brick And Structural Clay Tile |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 44 | 44 | January 31, 2024 | 11,718% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 11 | June 30, 2026 | 21% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 2 | February 29, 2020 | 67% over the limit |
| E. coli | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 29, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 7, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 6, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| June 6, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| April 30, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | 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.