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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0001449

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BOWEN), Cartersville, GA: NPDES GA0001449 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BOWEN), held by Georgia Power Company, holds NPDES permit GA0001449. EPA’s file records it issued November 9, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012.

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BOWEN), Cartersville, Georgia: Individual permit GA0001449, held by Georgia Power Company; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 9, 2007, term to June 30, 2012; Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation.

  • pH: 40 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 30 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2017.
  • Chlorine, free available: 16 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2023, largest 1,075% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 42 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2018, largest 163% over the limit.
  • Oil & Grease: 26 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 7 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total [as Cu]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total [as Fe]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Georgia Power Company

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BOWEN) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 39 discharge permits in the Richland Creek-Etowah River subwatershed (HUC 031501041304), GA0001449 among them. Its county holds 68, 1 of them major permits; GA0001449 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Richland Creek-Etowah River subwatershed (HUC 031501041304)

Identity

Facility as filedGEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BOWEN)
Permittee as filedGeorgia Power Company
NPDES IDGA0001449
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 9, 2007
Expiration dateJune 30, 2012
AddressCartersville, GA 30120
SubwatershedRichland Creek-Etowah River (HUC 031501041304)
NAICS221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAR000042796; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001301500011

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
pH403930March 31, 2017
Chlorine, free available1644April 30, 20231,075% over the limit
Solids, total suspended42113March 31, 2018163% over the limit
Oil & Grease2680
Chlorine, total residual800
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]700
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C600
Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time]400
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.400
Copper, total [as Cu]400
Iron, total [as Fe]400

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0001449.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0001449.

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 GA0001449.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0001449, held by Georgia Power Company for the GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BOWEN) facility in Cartersville, GA, which is administratively continued as a Major Discharger under an individual permit issued November 9, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the facility in subwatershed Richland Creek-Etowah River (HUC 031501041304).