Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0001571

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (CARROLLTON COPPER ROD MILL), Carrollton, GA: NPDES GA0001571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (CARROLLTON COPPER ROD MILL), held by Southwire (CDS), holds NPDES permit GA0001571. EPA’s file records it issued October 27, 2000 and expiring April 30, 2004. 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 filed	SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (CARROLLTON COPPER ROD MILL)
Permittee as filed	Southwire (CDS)
NPDES ID	GA0001571
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	October 27, 2000
Expiration date	April 30, 2004
Address	Carrollton, GA 30116
Subwatershed	Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAD000814541

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
2With 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Copper, total [as Cu]	4	641	497	October 31, 2024	16,319% over the limit
pH	4	3	1	March 31, 2021
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	4	4	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	4	4	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	4	4	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	4	4	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	4	4	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	4	4	0
Solids, total suspended	4	2	0
Oil & Grease	4	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	2	0
Combined metals sum	2	1	0
Copper, total recoverable	4	0	0
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	0	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	0	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0001571.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0001571.

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 GA0001571.

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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SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (CARROLLTON COPPER ROD MILL), Carrollton, Georgia: Individual permit GA0001571, held by Southwire (CDS); Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 27, 2000, term to April 30, 2004.

Copper, total [as Cu]: 4 limits, 641 violations of any kind, 497 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2024, largest 16,319% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2021.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Combined metals sum: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (CARROLLTON COPPER ROD MILL) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 297 discharge permits in the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404), GA0001571 among them. Its county holds 37, 1 of them major permits; GA0001571 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404)

(CED) CEDARTOWN, GA, Cedartown: GAIS14166, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
11 GARDEN GATE, Kingston: GAR18C23D, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
13 GARDEN GATE, Kingston: GAR18C23F, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
159 HAPPY VALLEY, Dallas: GAR18C223, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1872 TOWNSHIP, Rockmart: GAR396699, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1920 - ENPLAS (USA) INC., Marietta: GAIS14911, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
204 BATES FARM, Cartersville: GAR18C1A3, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
242 OLD SANDHILL ROAD, Carrollton: GAR397703, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
28 COHRAN RD, DALLAS, Dallas: GAR18C1F4, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
30 BATES FARM, Cartersville: GAR397762, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0001571, held by Southwire (CDS) for the SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (CARROLLTON COPPER ROD MILL) in Carrollton, GA, within the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404). The permit is listed as a Minor discharger class, administratively continued after its April 30, 2004 expiration, with 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.