Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0000485

BLUE RIDGE MARBLE & GRANITE COMPANY, LLC (NELSON PLANT), Nelson, GA: NPDES GA0000485 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BLUE RIDGE MARBLE & GRANITE COMPANY, LLC (NELSON PLANT), held by Blue Ridge Marble & Granite Company, LLC, holds NPDES permit GA0000485. EPA’s file records it issued April 5, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022.

BLUE RIDGE MARBLE & GRANITE COMPANY, LLC (NELSON PLANT), Nelson, Georgia: Individual permit GA0000485, held by Blue Ridge Marble & Granite Company, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 5, 2017, term to April 30, 2022; Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing.

pH: 2 limits, 52 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 52 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 52 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Turbidity: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Turbidity, change: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

BLUE RIDGE MARBLE & GRANITE COMPANY, LLC (NELSON PLANT) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 639 discharge permits in the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301), GA0000485 among them. Its county holds 47, 4 of them major permits; GA0000485 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301)

1 CABIN DRIVE DEVELOPMENT, Conley: GAR18C1C4, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1001 MOSELEY ROAD - TRACT 3, Stockbridge: GAR397746, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1009 MOSELEY ROAD - TRACT 1, Stockbridge: GAR397744, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1303 LITHONIA INDUSTRIAL BLVD, Lithonia: GAR18C262, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1420 AZALEA DRIVE, LOT 3, Lawrenceville: GAR18BD88, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
14300 HOPEWELL ROAD, Alpharetta: GAR18C2EF, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1540 SIKES ROAD, Statham: GAR3976AC, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1632 HOWELL BRIDGE RD, Ball Ground: GAR18C252, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1861 BLACK BEAR TRAIL, Big Canoe: GAR18C26E, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
2178 NE HILLWOOD DR LOT 694-697, Conyers: GAR3976C5, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	BLUE RIDGE MARBLE & GRANITE COMPANY, LLC (NELSON PLANT)
Permittee as filed	Blue Ridge Marble & Granite Company, LLC
NPDES ID	GA0000485
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 5, 2017
Expiration date	April 30, 2022
Address	Nelson, GA 30151
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)
NAICS	327991 – Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing
SIC	3281 – Cut Stone And Stone Products

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
8Under 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
pH	2	52
Solids, total suspended	2	52
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	52
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	0	18
Turbidity	2	0
Oil & Grease	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0
Rainfall	1	0
Turbidity, change	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0000485.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0000485.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0000485.

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 GA0000485.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0000485, held by Blue Ridge Marble & Granite Company, LLC (NELSON PLANT) in Nelson, GA, which is listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class of 8. The facts show 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file.