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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG600028

SUNBURST TROUT PROCESSING PLANT, Waynesville, NC: NPDES NCG600028 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUNBURST TROUT PROCESSING PLANT, held by Ben Eason, holds NPDES permit NCG600028. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2025 and expiring April 30, 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.

Identity

Facility as filedSUNBURST TROUT PROCESSING PLANT
Permittee as filedBen Eason
NPDES IDNCG600028
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2025
Expiration dateApril 30, 2030
AddressWaynesville, NC 28786
SubwatershedShaw Creek-French Broad River (HUC 060101050404)

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 NCG600028.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 1, 2026Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6

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.