Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026042

ROCKMART, CITY OF (ROCKMART WPCP), Rockmart, GA: NPDES GA0026042 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
18Pollutants under a numeric limit
10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ROCKMART, CITY OF (ROCKMART WPCP), held by City of Rockmart, holds NPDES permit GA0026042. EPA’s file records it issued October 10, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022. 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 filed	ROCKMART, CITY OF (ROCKMART WPCP)
Permittee as filed	City of Rockmart
NPDES ID	GA0026042
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 10, 2017
Expiration date	October 31, 2022
Address	Rockmart, GA 30153
Subwatershed	Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – 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

19Pollutants on file
18Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
10With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	35	35	February 28, 2026	529% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	16	15	15	March 31, 2026	567% over the limit
E. coli	0	13	13	May 31, 2026	710% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	8	10	10	January 31, 2026	73% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	16	5	5	December 31, 2025	142% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	4	5	5	July 31, 2016	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	3	4	4	September 30, 2021	1,267% over the limit
pH	4	3	3	July 31, 2006
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	3	3	February 29, 2020	13% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	2	1	December 31, 2025	20% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	2	1	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	2	0	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	2	0	0
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	0	0
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales	2	0	0
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	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 GA0026042.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 1, 2026	Audit	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 17, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0026042, held by City of Rockmart for the ROCKMART, CITY OF (ROCKMART WPCP) facility in Rockmart, GA, and lists its status as administratively continued with a Major Discharger class. The page reports 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue date of October 10, 2017 and expiration date of October 31, 2022 shown as EPA's file stood when loaded on October 14, 2026.