Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0030848
IMERYS KAOLIN INC. (DRY BRANCH), Dry Branch, GA: NPDES GA0030848 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
IMERYS KAOLIN INC. (DRY BRANCH), held by Imerys Kaolin, Inc., holds NPDES permit GA0030848. EPA’s file records it issued August 25, 2017 and expiring August 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 | IMERYS KAOLIN INC. (DRY BRANCH) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Imerys Kaolin, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | GA0030848 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 25, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Address | Dry Branch, GA 31020 |
| Subwatershed | Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305) |
| NAICS | 212324 – Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining |
| SIC | 1455 – Kaolin And Ball Clay |
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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 27% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 239 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 242 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 230 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 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 GA0030848.
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 October 14, 2026.