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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0003387

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE PLANT), Sandersville, GA: NPDES GA0003387 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE PLANT), held by Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company, holds NPDES permit GA0003387. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedKENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY COMPANY (SANDERSVILLE PLANT)
Permittee as filedKentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
NPDES IDGA0003387
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 27, 2018
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2023
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 GAD984293654; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001330300021

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Copper, total [as Cu]765418April 30, 20201,239% over the limit
Solids, total suspended203113July 31, 2025220% over the limit
Oil & Grease20213February 28, 2025427% over the limit
pH201162September 30, 2015
Turbidity20982November 30, 2018
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant201140
Selenium, total [as Se]64360
Zinc, total [as Zn]52360
Cadmium, total [as Cd]40360
Phosphorus, total [as P]20180
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight090

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 GA0003387.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0003387, held by Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company at its Sandersville, GA plant, with status listed as Effective and a Minor discharger class. The facts list 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's watershed is Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305).