Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0021474
MEBANE WWTP, Mebane, NC: NPDES NC0021474 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MEBANE WWTP, held by City of Mebane, holds NPDES permit NC0021474. EPA’s file records it issued June 6, 2014 and expiring May 31, 2019. 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 | MEBANE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Mebane |
| NPDES ID | NC0021474 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 6, 2014 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2019 |
| Address | Mebane, NC 27302 |
| Subwatershed | Sevenmile Creek-Eno River (HUC 030202010302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 58 | 18 | April 30, 2019 | 251% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 23 | 5 | December 31, 2018 | 173% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2024 | 32% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 4 | 34 | 2 | January 31, 2014 | 149% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 10% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 294% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2005 | 6% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dioxane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 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 NC0021474.
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.