Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026786

GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE, Waynesboro, GA: NPDES GA0026786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE, held by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. (Plant Vogtle), holds NPDES permit GA0026786. EPA’s file records it issued July 23, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE
Permittee as filed	Southern Nuclear Operating Co. (Plant Vogtle)
NPDES ID	GA0026786
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 23, 2019
Expiration date	July 31, 2024
Address	Waynesboro, GA 30830
Subwatershed	Rosemary Creek (HUC 030602010607)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source GA0000001303300008

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
2With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	9	6	February 28, 2014	523% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	7	1	June 30, 2024	12% over the limit
Chlorine, free available	11	161	0
Chlorine, total residual	10	80	0
Chlorination duration	0	80	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	10	20	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	10	18	0
Oil & Grease	8	8	0
pH	6	7	0
Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F	1	1	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	26	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	0	0
Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time]	5	0	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	0	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	0	0
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia	1	0	0
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Pimephales	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 GA0026786.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GA0026786 for GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE in Waynesboro, GA, held by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. (Plant Vogtle), with a permit status of administratively continued. The page lists 17 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit and 2 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 23, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024.