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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0002780

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (BUFFALO CHINA OPERATIONS), Sandersville, GA: NPDES GA0002780 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (BUFFALO CHINA OPERATIONS), held by IMERYS Clays, Inc., holds NPDES permit GA0002780. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2012 and expiring November 30, 2017.

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (BUFFALO CHINA OPERATIONS), Sandersville, Georgia: Individual permit GA0002780, held by IMERYS Clays, Inc.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 31, 2012, term to November 30, 2017; Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining.

  • Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2023, largest 107% over the limit.
  • Turbidity: 6 limits, 238 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 6 limits, 238 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 76 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 3 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (BUFFALO CHINA OPERATIONS) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 118 discharge permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305), GA0002780 among them. Its county holds 32, 1 of them major permits; GA0002780 is a minor permit.

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

Identity

Facility as filedTHIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (BUFFALO CHINA OPERATIONS)
Permittee as filedIMERYS Clays, Inc.
NPDES IDGA0002780
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
IssuedDecember 31, 2012
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2017
AddressSandersville, GA 31082
SubwatershedDeepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)
NAICS212324 – Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining
SIC1455 – Kaolin And Ball Clay
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAR000011650; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001330300008

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
Solids, total suspended022March 31, 2023107% over the limit
Turbidity62380
pH62380
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6760
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight3250

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0002780.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0002780.

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 GA0002780.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0002780, held by IMERYS Clays, Inc. for the THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY (BUFFALO CHINA OPERATIONS) facility in Sandersville, GA, and lists its status as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 4. The page reports 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and places the facility in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305).