Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0000094

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (CHATTAHOOCHEE FOREST NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY), Suches, GA: NPDES GA0000094 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (CHATTAHOOCHEE FOREST NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY), held by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, holds NPDES permit GA0000094. EPA’s file records it issued January 7, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024.

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (CHATTAHOOCHEE FOREST NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY), Suches, Georgia: Individual permit GA0000094, held by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 7, 2019, term to January 31, 2024; Other Aquaculture.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 256 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 218 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 174 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 2 limits, 174 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphate, ortho [as P]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (CHATTAHOOCHEE FOREST NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 100 discharge permits in the Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed (HUC 060200020302), GA0000094 among them. Its county holds 4, 0 of them major permits; GA0000094 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed (HUC 060200020302)

(J-425) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA - STEM BUILDING, Dahlonega: GAR18C1D3, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
A&D CAMPING, LLC (BLUE RIDGE RV RESORT WPCP), Mineral Bluff: GAJ040048, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
BALDWIN, CITY OF (BALDWIN WPCP), Cornelia: GA0033243, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2024
BALDWIN, CITY OF (BALDWIN WTP), Baldwin: GAG640036, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
BLAIRSVILLE, CITY OF (BLAIRSVILLE WPCP), Blairsville: GA0033375, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2018
BLUE RIDGE HYDRO PLANT, Blue Ridge: GA0026948, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2024
BLUE RIDGE, CITY OF (BLUE RIDGE WPCP), Blue Ridge: GA0037583, major permit, permit term to September 30, 2020
BRANNON RIDGE RESERVE LOT 8, Unknown: GAR381136, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
BROWN HAVEN HOMES- UNION COUNTY SUBDIVISION, Blairsville: GAR18C1BF, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
C.W. MATTHEWS ? BLAIRSVILLE ASPHALT PLANT #15, Blairsville: GAIS14686, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (CHATTAHOOCHEE FOREST NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY)
Permittee as filed	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
NPDES ID	GA0000094
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Federal facility
Issued	January 7, 2019
Expiration date	January 31, 2024
Address	Suches, GA 30572
Subwatershed	Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302)
NAICS	112519 – Other Aquaculture
SIC	0921 – Fish Hatcheries And Preserves

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
12With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	256
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	218
pH	2	174
Solids, settleable	2	174
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	4
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	2	4
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	4
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	4
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	4
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	4
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	2	4
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	4

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0000094.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0000094.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0000094.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GA0000094.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0000094, held by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery in Suches, GA, with a status of administratively continued. The page lists 11 as the discharger class, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records the permit as issued January 7, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024.