Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0045772
DOMINION ENERGY SOUTH CAROLINA, INC./COPE GENERATING STATION, Cope, SC: NPDES SC0045772 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOMINION ENERGY SOUTH CAROLINA, INC./COPE GENERATING STATION, held by DOMINION ENERGY SOUTH CAROLINA INC, holds NPDES permit SC0045772. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 | DOMINION ENERGY SOUTH CAROLINA, INC./COPE GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DOMINION ENERGY SOUTH CAROLINA INC |
| NPDES ID | SC0045772 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 23, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Cope, SC 29038 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Roberts Swamp (HUC 030502040309) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES SC0045772.
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 SC0045772.
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.