Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG500127
THORPE CREEK HYDROELECTRIC STATION, Tuckasegee, NC: NPDES NCG500127 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THORPE CREEK HYDROELECTRIC STATION, held by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, holds NPDES permit NCG500127. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025. 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 THORPE CREEK HYDROELECTRIC STATION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Tuckasegee, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCG500127.
Identity
| Facility as filed | THORPE CREEK HYDROELECTRIC STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Duke Energy Carolinas LLC |
| NPDES ID | NCG500127 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 11, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2025 |
| Address | Tuckasegee, NC 28783 |
| Subwatershed | Horsepasture River (HUC 030601010103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 0Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCG500127.
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 NCG500127.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.