Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0002071

PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.P. (AUGUSTA), Augusta, GA: NPDES GA0002071 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.P. (AUGUSTA), held by PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P., holds NPDES permit GA0002071. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2000 and expiring August 31, 2005.

PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.P. (AUGUSTA), Augusta, Georgia: Individual permit GA0002071, held by PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 29, 2000, term to August 31, 2005.

Nitrogen, organic total [as N]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 220% over the limit.
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2016, largest 757% over the limit.
pH: 6 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2022.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2016, largest 212% over the limit.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2016, largest 275% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2001, largest 97% over the limit.
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Pimephales: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 29, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Port Wentworth: GA0002356, issued May 30, 2003

PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.P. (AUGUSTA) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 109 discharge permits in the Beaverdam Ditch-Savannah River subwatershed (HUC 030601060607), GA0002071 among them. Its county holds 67, 5 of them major permits; GA0002071 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Beaverdam Ditch-Savannah River subwatershed (HUC 030601060607)

250 MTPD OXY-FIRED FURNACE WITH OPTIMELT TECHNOLOGY, Augusta: GAR18AF90, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2025
304 RIVERS RUN ES&PCP, Waynesboro: GAR346764, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
ABBOTT COMMERCIAL TRACT, Unknown: GAR116353, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
ABBOTT COMMERCIAL TRACT (2), Augusta: GAR325454, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
AGL_CASING 295 PIPELINE PROJECT, Augusta: GAR254297, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
AIKEN PSA HORSE CREEK WWTF, Beech Island: SC0024457, major permit, permit term to December 31, 2030
ALLEN STATION RD SOIL DISPOSAL SITE, Augusta: GAR150090, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
AUGUSTA AMSA 54 GA106, Augusta: GAIS14564, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
AUGUSTA CONCRETE/BLOCK PLANT, Augusta: GAIS00095, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2017
AUGUSTA DATA STORAGE, Augusta: GAR151995, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018

Identity

Facility as filed	PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.P. (AUGUSTA)
Permittee as filed	PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P.
NPDES ID	GA0002071
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 29, 2000
Expiration date	August 31, 2005
Address	Augusta, GA 30903
Subwatershed	Beaverdam Ditch-Savannah River (HUC 030601060607)

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	2	10	10	April 30, 2020	220% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	2	9	9	August 31, 2016	757% over the limit
pH	6	7	7	October 31, 2022
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	6	6	August 31, 2016	212% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	5	5	August 31, 2016	275% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	4	4	August 31, 2001	97% over the limit
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia	0	1	0
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Pimephales	0	1	0
Solids, total suspended	4	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0002071.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 29, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 GA0002071.

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This page covers NPDES permit GA0002071 for PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.P. (AUGUSTA) in Augusta, GA, held by PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P., with a status of administratively continued and a major discharger classification. The register lists 10 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance, within the Beaverdam Ditch-Savannah River subwatershed (HUC 030601060607).