Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0032620

WESTROCK SOUTHEAST, LLC, East Dublin, GA: NPDES GA0032620 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WESTROCK SOUTHEAST, LLC, held by SP NEWSPRINT CO., holds NPDES permit GA0032620, which discharges to Oconee Rb. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2008 and expiring November 30, 2012.

WESTROCK SOUTHEAST, LLC, East Dublin, Georgia: Individual permit GA0032620, held by SP NEWSPRINT CO.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 31, 2008, term to November 30, 2012, by GA DNR; discharges to OCONEE RB; Paper [Except Newsprint] Mills.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 44 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2018, largest 85% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 7 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2017, largest 128% over the limit.
pH: 10 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2010.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Color [PT-CO units]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

WESTROCK SOUTHEAST, LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 49 discharge permits in the Upper Turnpike Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701050302), GA0032620 among them. Its county holds 25, 2 of them major permits; GA0032620 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Upper Turnpike Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701050302)

ABBEVILLE, CITY OF (ABBEVILLE WPCP), Abbeville: GA0047643, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2020
AILEY, CITY OF (AILEY WPCP), Ailey: GA0049247, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2023
ALAMO, CITY OF (ALAMO WPCP), Alamo: GA0037753, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2022
BEASLEY TIMBER CO. ? CLAXTON ROAD MAINTENANCE FACILITY, Hazlehurst: GAIS15002, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
BROXTON, CITY OF (BROXTON WPCP), Broxton: GAJ020124, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2021
CADWELL, TOWN OF (CADWELL WPCP), Cadwell: GA0025887, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2020
COCHRAN, CITY OF (COCHRAN WPCP), Cochran: GA0032107, major permit, permit term to October 31, 2022
COCHRAN, CITY OF (WELL #2 CITY BARN WTP), Cochran: GAG640086, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
CROSSVIEW CARE CENTER (CROSSVIEW CARE CENTER WPCP), Pineview: GA0034291, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
CUSTOM PROFILES, INC., Fitzgerald: GA0037842, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	WESTROCK SOUTHEAST, LLC
Permittee as filed	SP NEWSPRINT CO.
NPDES ID	GA0032620
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	March 31, 2008
Expiration date	November 30, 2012
Issuing agency	GA DNR
Address	East Dublin, GA 31027
Receiving water	OCONEE RB
Subwatershed	Upper Turnpike Creek (HUC 030701050302)
NAICS	322121 – Paper [Except Newsprint] Mills
SIC	2621 – Paper Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAD085418663; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001317500004

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
3With 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	4	48	44	January 31, 2018	85% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	7	9	4	April 30, 2017	128% over the limit
pH	10	8	1	July 31, 2010
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	2	7	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Color [PT-CO units]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0032620.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0032620.

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 GA0032620.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0032620, held by WESTROCK SOUTHEAST, LLC of East Dublin, GA, with the permittee listed as SP NEWSPRINT CO. The page lists a Major Discharger class of 6, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued and issued March 31, 2008, expiring November 30, 2012.