Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0002801
INTERNATIONAL PAPER AUGUSTA MILL, Augusta, GA: NPDES GA0002801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INTERNATIONAL PAPER AUGUSTA MILL, held by Graphic Packaging International, LLC, holds NPDES permit GA0002801. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | INTERNATIONAL PAPER AUGUSTA MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Graphic Packaging International, LLC |
| NPDES ID | GA0002801 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 17, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Address | Augusta, GA 30906 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Beaverdam Ditch-Savannah River (HUC 030601060607) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler GAD080111107; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001324500006 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 36Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 3 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2011 | 649,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2021 | 66% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 2 | October 31, 2024 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 72% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adsorbable organic halides [AOX] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 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 GA0002801.
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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