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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCR10ZH9F

SMITHWATER TOWNS, Spartanburg, SC: NPDES SCR10ZH9F discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMITHWATER TOWNS, held by Michael Short, holds NPDES permit SCR10ZH9F. EPA’s file records it issued March 28, 2025 and expiring March 27, 2030. 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.

What the register holds for SMITHWATER TOWNS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Spartanburg, South Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES SCR10ZH9F.

Identity

Facility as filedSMITHWATER TOWNS
Permittee as filedMichael Short
NPDES IDSCR10ZH9F
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedMarch 28, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 27, 2030
Issuing agencyState
AddressSpartanburg, SC 29303
SubwatershedUpper Lawsons Fork Creek (HUC 030501051401)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES SCR10ZH9F.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SCR10ZH9F.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

SMITHWATER TOWNS is one of 915 storm water construction permits on EPA's NPDES register in Spartanburg County, and of those, 0.1% have a violation on file. The permit sits within the Upper Lawsons Fork Creek subwatershed, which holds 172 NPDES permits including this one, and 71.5% of the county's 915 storm water construction permits carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit records no pollutant under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedance, both counted at 0.