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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0001911

CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC., Austell, GA: NPDES GA0001911 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC., held by Caraustar Mill Group, Inc., holds NPDES permit GA0001911. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020.

CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC., Austell, Georgia: Individual permit GA0001911, held by Caraustar Mill Group, Inc.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 29, 2015, term to April 30, 2020; Paperboard Mills.

  • pH: 4 limits, 507 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2013.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 361 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 266% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 475 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 361 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • July 22, 2026: Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge (ST6).

CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 134 discharge permits in the Lower Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020208), GA0001911 among them. Its county holds 66, 4 of them major permits; GA0001911 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020208)

Identity

Facility as filedCARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC.
Permittee as filedCaraustar Mill Group, Inc.
NPDES IDGA0001911
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 29, 2015
Expiration dateApril 30, 2020
AddressAustell, GA 30106
SubwatershedLower Sweetwater Creek (HUC 031300020208)
NAICS322130 – Paperboard Mills
SIC2631 – Paperboard Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAD003265071; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001306700022

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
pH45074July 31, 2013
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C23612December 31, 2021266% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant44750
Solids, total suspended23610
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight220

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 22, 2026Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0001911.

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 GA0001911.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0001911, held by CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC. in Austell, GA, which is administratively continued after its April 30, 2020 expiration date. The page lists 5 as the discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the subwatershed given as HUC 031300020208.