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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG730905

BIG BRANCH MILLING LLC/SMITH MINE, Galivants Ferry, SC: NPDES SCG730905 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIG BRANCH MILLING LLC/SMITH MINE, held by S B TURF & MULCH INC, holds NPDES permit SCG730905. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 filedBIG BRANCH MILLING LLC/SMITH MINE
Permittee as filedS B TURF & MULCH INC
NPDES IDSCG730905
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
Issuing agencyState
AddressGalivants Ferry, SC 29544
SubwatershedPlaycard Swamp (HUC 030402040603)

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
pH21020
Solids, total suspended21020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21020

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES SCG730905.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SCG730905.

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.