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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0002453

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE DIVISION), Sandersville, GA: NPDES GA0002453 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE DIVISION), held by Thiele Kaolin Company, holds NPDES permit GA0002453. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 filedTHIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE DIVISION)
Permittee as filedThiele Kaolin Company
NPDES IDGA0002453
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
IssuedAugust 22, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressSandersville, GA 31082
SubwatershedDeepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
pH8842October 31, 2013
Turbidity8820
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant8690
Nitrogen, total [as N]0160
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight0130
Solids, total suspended800
Oil & Grease800
Phosphorus, total [as P]800

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0002453.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0002453.

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 GA0002453.

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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THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE DIVISION), Sandersville, Georgia: Individual permit GA0002453, held by Thiele Kaolin Company; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 22, 2018, term to August 31, 2023.

  • pH: 8 limits, 84 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2013.
  • Turbidity: 8 limits, 82 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 8 limits, 69 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Thiele Kaolin Company

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE DIVISION) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 118 discharge permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305), GA0002453 among them.

Other permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305)

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit GA0002453, held by Thiele Kaolin Company for its Sandersville Division facility in Sandersville, GA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 5 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued August 22, 2018, with an expiration date of August 31, 2023, and sits in subwatershed Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305).