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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SCG731573

SANTEE COOPER/CHURCH BRANCH BORROW PIT MINE, Clarendon, SC: NPDES SCG731573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SANTEE COOPER/CHURCH BRANCH BORROW PIT MINE, held by Santee Cooper, holds NPDES permit SCG731573. EPA’s file records it issued February 23, 2021 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 filedSANTEE COOPER/CHURCH BRANCH BORROW PIT MINE
Permittee as filedSantee Cooper
NPDES IDSCG731573
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 23, 2021
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
Issuing agencyState
AddressClarendon, SC 29102
SubwatershedDead River-Santee River (HUC 030501120101)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES SCG731573.

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
September 29, 2025Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
September 24, 2025Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6

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.