Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0022012
PICKENS CO PSC CATEECHEE WWTF, Norris, SC: NPDES SC0022012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PICKENS CO PSC CATEECHEE WWTF, held by CATEECHEE WWTF, holds NPDES permit SC0022012, which discharges to 12 Mile Ck. EPA’s file records it issued February 14, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2015. 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 | PICKENS CO PSC CATEECHEE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CATEECHEE WWTF |
| NPDES ID | SC0022012 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 14, 2011 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2015 |
| Address | Norris, SC 29667 |
| Receiving water | 12 MILE CK |
| Subwatershed | Lower Twelvemile Creek-Keowee River (HUC 030601010408) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 20 | 18 | February 28, 2011 | 1,650% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 7 | June 30, 2013 | 300% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 7 | 7 | March 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 9 | 5 | April 30, 2025 | 45% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 4 | April 30, 2025 | 137% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 40% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| January 30, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| January 30, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 27, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| January 27, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
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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