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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG030282

U. S. GEAR TOOLS, INC., Swannanoa, NC: NPDES NCG030282 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

U. S. GEAR TOOLS, INC., held by US Gear Tools Inc, holds NPDES permit NCG030282. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2012 and expiring October 31, 2017. 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.

What the register holds for U. S. GEAR TOOLS, INC.: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Swannanoa, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG030282.

Identity

Facility as filedU. S. GEAR TOOLS, INC.
Permittee as filedUS Gear Tools Inc
NPDES IDNCG030282
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 1, 2012
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2017
AddressSwannanoa, NC 28778
SubwatershedMiddle Swannanoa River (HUC 060101050603)

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 NCG030282.

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 NCG030282.

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 14, 2026.