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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0024244

ROCHELLE, CITY OF (NORTHWEST WPCP), Rochelle, GA: NPDES GA0024244 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROCHELLE, CITY OF (NORTHWEST WPCP), held by Rochelle, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0024244. EPA’s file records it issued December 15, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 filedROCHELLE, CITY OF (NORTHWEST WPCP)
Permittee as filedRochelle, City of
NPDES IDGA0024244
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 15, 2014
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2019
AddressRochelle, GA 31079
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Turnpike Creek (HUC 030701050302)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Coliform, fecal general6221105July 31, 202689,900% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]07568July 31, 20261,638% over the limit
pH615162January 31, 2026
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2425957July 31, 202665% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal26252June 30, 2026567% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal15349July 31, 2026567% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]310648July 31, 202685% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2025239July 31, 2026110% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant610119July 31, 20226,120% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual73019November 30, 202219,900% over the limit
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight2200
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit040
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]020
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]010
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]010
Phosphorus, total [as P]010
Phosphate, ortho [as P]010

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 GA0024244.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 14, 2026EvaluationE

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 23, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
September 2, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
July 29, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
June 23, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
May 26, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
May 6, 2026Phone Call/ EMAILState
April 22, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
March 23, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
February 20, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
January 22, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState

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 the NPDES discharge permit GA0024244 held by Rochelle, City of for the ROCHELLE, CITY OF (NORTHWEST WPCP) facility in Rochelle, GA, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The figures shown are 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued December 15, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019, as of October 14, 2026.