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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0031950

LENOX, CITY OF (LENOX WPCP), Lenox, GA: NPDES GA0031950 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LENOX, CITY OF (LENOX WPCP), held by City of Lenox, holds NPDES permit GA0031950. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2023 and expiring May 31, 2028. 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 filedLENOX, CITY OF (LENOX WPCP)
Permittee as filedCity of Lenox
NPDES IDGA0031950
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 24, 2023
Expiration dateMay 31, 2028
AddressLenox, GA 31637
SubwatershedChapel Creek (HUC 030701060304)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant222385July 31, 2026360% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general010082October 31, 2022700% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C862673July 31, 2026146% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal113667July 31, 20261,767% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal010719August 31, 2017593% over the limit
pH614911October 31, 2024
E. coli21111July 31, 20261,382% over the limit
Solids, total suspended85542July 31, 202421% over the limit
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1110
Chlorine, total residual110
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1100
Nitrogen, total [as N]500
Phosphorus, total [as P]500
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit400
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]200
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Phosphate, ortho [as P]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0031950.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0031950, held by City of Lenox for LENOX, CITY OF (LENOX WPCP) in Lenox, GA, within the Chapel Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701060304). The page lists 19 pollutants on file, 17 under a numeric limit, and 8 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued May 24, 2023 and expiring May 31, 2028.