Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026247
COMMERCE, CITY OF (NORTHSIDE WPCP), Commerce, GA: NPDES GA0026247 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
COMMERCE, CITY OF (NORTHSIDE WPCP), held by Commerce, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0026247. EPA’s file records it issued March 21, 2023 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 | COMMERCE, CITY OF (NORTHSIDE WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Commerce, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0026247 |
| 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 | March 21, 2023 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Address | Commerce, GA 30530 |
| Subwatershed | Millstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602) |
| 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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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] | 4 | 45 | 37 | February 28, 2025 | 424% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 25 | 21 | October 31, 2021 | 40% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 10 | 8 | July 31, 2020 | 600% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 5 | May 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2022 | 185% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 4 | 4 | July 31, 2023 | 52% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 18 | 2 | December 31, 2018 | 122% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2013 | 20% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2013 | 20% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2026 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 29, 2026 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | Evaluation | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2026 | Notice of Noncompliance Issued | State |
| January 27, 2026 | Notice of Noncompliance Issued | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.