LEARY, CITY OF (LEARY WPCP), Leary, GA: NPDES GA0026212 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LEARY, CITY OF (LEARY WPCP), Leary, Georgia: Individual permit GA0026212, held by Leary, City of; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued November 23, 2013, term to November 30, 2018; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 98 violations of any kind, 62 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2025, largest 201% over the limit.
• Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 70 violations of any kind, 56 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 493% over the limit.
• Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 89 violations of any kind, 55 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
• Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 126 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 179% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 27 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 120% over the limit.
• Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2018, largest 19,900% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 8 limits, 115 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 48% over the limit.
• pH: 2 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2018.
• Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 22 violations of any kind.
• Nitrogen, organic total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Phosphate, ortho [as P]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind.

• October 26, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
• September 28, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
• September 2, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
• July 27, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
• June 23, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
• May 20, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 162 were issued before GA0026212.

Coverages issued nearest GA0026212

• 2013-09-27: GRANTVILLE, CITY OF (LONE OAK RD WPCP - POND #4), Grantville: GA0033227, held by Grantville, City of
• 2013-09-30: TRION, TOWN OF (TRION WPCP), Trion: GA0025607, held by Trion, Town of
• 2013-11-15: PLAINS, CITY OF (PLAINS WPCP), Plains: GA0020931, held by Plains, City of (Plains WPCP)
• 2013-11-15: SMITHVILLE, CITY OF (SMITHVILLE WPCP), Smithville: GA0047422, held by Smithville, City of
• 2013-11-19: JEFFERSON, CITY OF (CENTRAL CITY WPCP), Jefferson: GA0023132, held by Jefferson, City of
• 2013-12-12: BLAIRSVILLE, CITY OF (BLAIRSVILLE WPCP), Blairsville: GA0033375, held by Blairsville, City of
• 2013-12-22: BUFORD, CITY OF (WESTSIDE WPCP), Buford: GA0023175, held by Buford, City of
• 2013-12-30: ELLAVILLE, CITY OF (ELLAVILLE WPCP), Ellaville: GA0050105, held by Ellaville, City of
• 2014-01-15: BUFORD, CITY OF (SOUTHSIDE WPCP), Buford: GA0023167, held by Buford, City of
• 2014-02-24: CHEROKEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (FREE HOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WPCP), Canton: GA0034185, held by Cherokee County Board of Education

LEARY, CITY OF (LEARY WPCP) among its neighbors

27 discharge permits are in the Irwin Mill Creek-Chattahoochee River subwatershed (HUC 031300040801); GA0026212 is one. Its county: 6, 0 major; GA0026212 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Irwin Mill Creek-Chattahoochee River subwatershed (HUC 031300040801)

• ARLINGTON, CITY OF (ARLINGTON WPCP), Arlington: GA0026204, minor, term to 2022-02-28
• AT EASE CAMPGROUND & MARINA, LLC (AT EASE CAMPGROUND AND MARINA WPCP), Bainbridge: GAJ030894, minor, term to 2018-02-28
• BAINBRIDGE, CITY OF (BAINBRIDGE WPCP), Bainbridge: GA0024678, major, term to 2024-02-29
• BASF CORPORATION (CRESCENT LAKE MINE), Attapulgus: GAG300065, minor, term to 2021-07-31
• BLAKELY, CITY OF (BLAKELY WPCP), Blakely: GA0025585, major, term to 2019-04-11
• CLARIANT - CRESCENT LAKE SOUTH, Attapulgus: GAG300108, minor, term to 2026-07-31
• CLARIANT - CRESCENT LAKE SOUTH, Attapulgus: GAIS14555, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• CLARIANT ? DONALDSON FARM, Bainbridge: GAIS14512, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• CLARIANT ? WILLACOOCHEE, Attapulgus: GAIS14513, minor, term to 2027-05-31
• CLARIANT (DONALDSON FARM MINE), Attapulgus: GAG300066, minor, term to 2021-07-31