Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0031313

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (VOGEL STATE PARK), Blairsville, GA: NPDES GA0031313 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (VOGEL STATE PARK), held by Georgia Department of Natural Resources Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Div, holds NPDES permit GA0031313. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (VOGEL STATE PARK), Blairsville, Georgia: Individual permit GA0031313, held by Georgia Department of Natural Resources Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Div; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 23, 2014, term to September 30, 2019; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 6 limits, 294 violations of any kind, 78 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2012, largest 3,600% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 227 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2010, largest 20,864,098% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 336 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2013, largest 111% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 143 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2008, largest 1,900% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 321 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 153 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 2 limits, 66 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature Increase Deg. F: 1 limit, 19 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 182 were issued before GA0031313.

Coverages issued nearest GA0031313

July 17, 2014: GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (F. WAYNE HILL WRF), Buford, GA0038130, held by Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
July 25, 2014: BUCHANAN, CITY OF (BUCHANAN WPCP), Buchanan, GA0021512, held by Buchanan, City of
July 28, 2014: MOULTRIE, CITY OF (MOULTRIE WPCP), Moultrie, GA0024660, held by Moultrie, City of
August 20, 2014: SAINT MARYS, CITY OF (SCRUBBY BLUFF WPCP), Saint Marys, GA0037931, held by Saint Marys, City of
August 29, 2014: RABUN COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY (RABUN COUNTY WRF), Rabun Gap, GA0039152, held by Rabun County Water & Sewer Authority
October 15, 2014: POLK COUNTY WATER, SEWAGE, & SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY (ARAGON WPCP), Aragon, GA0026182, held by Polk County Water, Sewage & Solid Waste Authority
October 16, 2014: VALDOSTA, CITY OF (MUD CREEK WPCP), Valdosta, GA0020222, held by Valdosta, City of
November 14, 2014: CAVE SPRING, CITY OF (CAVE SPRING WPCP), Cave Spring, GA0025721, held by Cave Spring, City of
November 26, 2014: FAIRMOUNT, CITY OF (FAIRMOUNT WPCP), Fairmount, GA0046388, held by Fairmount, City of
December 12, 2014: BARTOW COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT (CLARK CREEK NORTH CAMPGROUND WPCP), Acworth, GA0048305, held by Bartow County Water Department

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (VOGEL STATE PARK) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 100 discharge permits in the Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed (HUC 060200020302), GA0031313 among them. Its county holds 8, 0 of them major permits; GA0031313 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed (HUC 060200020302)

(J-425) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA - STEM BUILDING, Dahlonega: GAR18C1D3, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
A&D CAMPING, LLC (BLUE RIDGE RV RESORT WPCP), Mineral Bluff: GAJ040048, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
BALDWIN, CITY OF (BALDWIN WPCP), Cornelia: GA0033243, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2024
BALDWIN, CITY OF (BALDWIN WTP), Baldwin: GAG640036, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
BLAIRSVILLE, CITY OF (BLAIRSVILLE WPCP), Blairsville: GA0033375, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2018
BLUE RIDGE HYDRO PLANT, Blue Ridge: GA0026948, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2024
BLUE RIDGE, CITY OF (BLUE RIDGE WPCP), Blue Ridge: GA0037583, major permit, permit term to September 30, 2020
BRANNON RIDGE RESERVE LOT 8, Unknown: GAR381136, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
BROWN HAVEN HOMES- UNION COUNTY SUBDIVISION, Blairsville: GAR18C1BF, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
C.W. MATTHEWS ? BLAIRSVILLE ASPHALT PLANT #15, Blairsville: GAIS14686, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (VOGEL STATE PARK)
Permittee as filed	Georgia Department of Natural Resources Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Div
NPDES ID	GA0031313
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
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 23, 2014
Expiration date	September 30, 2019
Address	Blairsville, GA 30512
Subwatershed	Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	6	294	78	June 30, 2012	3,600% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	227	21	April 30, 2010	20,864,098% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	336	1	August 31, 2013	111% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	143	1	December 31, 2008	1,900% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	321	0
pH	2	153	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	2	66	0
Temperature Increase Deg. F	1	19	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0031313.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0031313.

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 GA0031313.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GA0031313, held by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division for the Vogel State Park facility in Blairsville, GA, and listed as administratively continued with a Minor discharger class. The page reports 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it records the permit as issued September 23, 2014 with an expiration date of September 30, 2019 in the Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed (HUC 060200020302).