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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026051

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BRANCH), Milledgville, GA: NPDES GA0026051 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BRANCH), held by Georgia Power Company, holds NPDES permit GA0026051. EPA’s file records it issued October 11, 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 filedGEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BRANCH)
Permittee as filedGeorgia Power Company
NPDES IDGA0026051
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 11, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2022
AddressMilledgville, GA 31061
SubwatershedDeepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)
NAICS221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services

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
pH82119June 30, 2015
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit011June 30, 2005379% over the limit
Solids, total suspended810
Chlorine, total residual010
Chlorination duration010
Oil & Grease800
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant800
Arsenic, total recoverable300
Selenium, total recoverable300
Nickel, total recoverable300
Zinc, total recoverable300
Cadmium, total recoverable300
Lead, total recoverable300
Chromium, total recoverable300
Copper, total recoverable300
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]300
Mercury, total recoverable300

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 GA0026051.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 20, 2026EvaluationS

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 GA0026051.

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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GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BRANCH), Milledgville, Georgia: Individual permit GA0026051, held by Georgia Power Company; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 11, 2017, term to October 31, 2022; Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation.

  • pH: 8 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 19 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2015.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2005, largest 379% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorination duration: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Arsenic, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Selenium, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nickel, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chromium, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total dissolved [TDS]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Mercury, total recoverable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • May 20, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by Georgia Power Company

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT BRANCH) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 118 discharge permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305), GA0026051 among them. Its county holds 17, 2 of them major permits; GA0026051 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305)

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Georgia Power Company's Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0026051 for the Georgia Power Company (Plant Branch) facility in Milledgville, GA, which is classed as a Major Discharger and is administratively continued. The page lists 14 as the discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek watershed (HUC 030701020305).