Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0000582
KIMBERLY-CLARK PALMETTO INC./BEECH ISLAND MILL, Beech Island, SC: NPDES SC0000582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KIMBERLY-CLARK PALMETTO INC./BEECH ISLAND MILL, held by KIMBERLY-CLARK/BEECH ISLAND, holds NPDES permit SC0000582, which discharges to Savannah River. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2003 and expiring October 31, 2008. 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 filed | KIMBERLY-CLARK PALMETTO INC./BEECH ISLAND MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KIMBERLY-CLARK/BEECH ISLAND |
| NPDES ID | SC0000582 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 5, 2003 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2008 |
| Address | Beech Island, SC 29842 |
| Receiving water | Savannah River |
| Subwatershed | Beaverdam Ditch-Savannah River (HUC 030601060607) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2022 | 256% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 3 | August 31, 2016 | 19% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | July 31, 2015 | |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2024 | 1,252% over the limit |
| % of time exceeding pH limits | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2024 | 1,100% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, process wastewater | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Repro Reduc Static Renewal7D Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 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 SC0000582.
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 15, 2026.