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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0042676

LYNCHBURG WWTF, Lynchburg, SC: NPDES SC0042676 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LYNCHBURG WWTF holds NPDES permit SC0042676, which discharges to Lynches River. EPA’s file records it issued October 7, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2016. 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 filedLYNCHBURG WWTF
Permittee as filedLYNCHBURG WWTF
NPDES IDSC0042676
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 7, 2011
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2016
AddressLynchburg, SC 29080
Receiving waterLynches River
SubwatershedMill Branch-Lynches River (HUC 030402020504)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual411680May 31, 20206,959% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal17663May 31, 20261,573% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal14330April 30, 2026657% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C46820January 31, 202567% over the limit
E. coli01713August 31, 2025593% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2348December 31, 200984% over the limit
pH2317May 31, 2026
Solids, total suspended4491January 31, 202016% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2231May 31, 2016505% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1131July 31, 202428% over the limit

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 10, 2025Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
February 18, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 18, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 18, 2025Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
February 18, 2025Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
February 18, 2025Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
March 22, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 8, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 30, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 5, 2020Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 5, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 5, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 21, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 26, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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 15, 2026.