Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0002135
THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (DEEPSTEP ROAD), Sandersville, GA: NPDES GA0002135 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (DEEPSTEP ROAD), held by Thiele Kaolin Company, holds NPDES permit GA0002135. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (DEEPSTEP ROAD) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Thiele Kaolin Company |
| NPDES ID | GA0002135 |
| 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 | December 17, 2021 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Sandersville, GA 31082 |
| Subwatershed | Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler GAR000011650; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001330300008 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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] | 24 | 144 | 136 | February 28, 2025 | 2,174% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 35 | 31 | September 30, 2024 | 1,736% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 24 | 33 | 24 | December 31, 2021 | 998% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 12 | 240 | 8 | September 30, 2024 | |
| pH | 12 | 239 | 7 | September 30, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 328 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 24 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 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 GA0002135.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.