Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0003417
LEE STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, Goldsboro, NC: NPDES NC0003417 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEE STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, held by Duke Energy Progress LLC, holds NPDES permit NC0003417. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2030. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LEE STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Duke Energy Progress LLC |
| NPDES ID | NC0003417 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 16, 2025 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2030 |
| Address | Goldsboro, NC 27533 |
| Subwatershed | Brooks Swamp (HUC 030202011401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 141 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 95 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NC0003417.
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 NC0003417.
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 September 14, 2026.