Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0021512

BUCHANAN, CITY OF (BUCHANAN WPCP), Buchanan, GA: NPDES GA0021512 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BUCHANAN, CITY OF (BUCHANAN WPCP), held by Buchanan, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0021512. EPA’s file records it issued July 25, 2014 and expiring July 31, 2019. 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	BUCHANAN, CITY OF (BUCHANAN WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Buchanan, City of
NPDES ID	GA0021512
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 25, 2014
Expiration date	July 31, 2019
Address	Buchanan, GA 30113
Subwatershed	Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	118	48	December 31, 2015	75,843% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	16	308	23	January 31, 2018	769% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	4	93	13	April 30, 2018	3,700% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	50	13	February 28, 1997	47% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	16	297	11	October 31, 2010	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	2	43	6	November 30, 1995	53% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	7	84	0
pH	4	70	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	2	30	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 GA0021512.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0021512.

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 GA0021512.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0021512, held by Buchanan, City of for BUCHANAN, CITY OF (BUCHANAN WPCP) in Buchanan, GA, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 of them under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.