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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG570031

LANCASTER CO P&D FOSTER PLANT, Lancaster, SC: NPDES SCG570031 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LANCASTER CO P&D FOSTER PLANT, held by LANCASTER COUNTY, holds NPDES permit SCG570031. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedLANCASTER CO P&D FOSTER PLANT
Permittee as filedLANCASTER COUNTY
NPDES IDSCG570031
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 11, 2013
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2018
Issuing agencyState
AddressLancaster, SC 29720
SubwatershedFishing Creek Reservoir-Catawba River (HUC 030501030606)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, percent removal15956November 30, 2025567% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal15552October 31, 2025527% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4131January 31, 202133% over the limit
E. coli8180
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4120
Chlorine, total residual4120
pH260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]130

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 28, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 23, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit SCG570031, held by LANCASTER COUNTY for the LANCASTER CO P&D FOSTER PLANT in Lancaster, SC, as recorded in EPA's permit file as of September 15, 2026. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance, and it is located in the Fishing Creek Reservoir-Catawba River subwatershed (HUC 030501030606).