Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0037168

ATLANTA, CITY OF (EAST AREA CSS), Atlanta, GA: NPDES GA0037168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ATLANTA, CITY OF (EAST AREA CSS), held by City of Atlanta, holds NPDES permit GA0037168. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2005 and expiring January 30, 2010. 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	ATLANTA, CITY OF (EAST AREA CSS)
Permittee as filed	City of Atlanta
NPDES ID	GA0037168
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 31, 2005
Expiration date	January 30, 2010
Address	Atlanta, GA 30316
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Sugar Creek-South River (HUC 030701030102)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

26Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
26With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Coliform, fecal general	8	506
pH	4	504
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	357
Solids, total suspended	3	353
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	3	350
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	350
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	3	342
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	340
Chlorine, total residual	2	273
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	198
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	195
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	195
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	195
Duration of discharge	2	157
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	119
Nickel, total recoverable	0	75
Zinc, total recoverable	0	75
Cadmium, total recoverable	0	75
Lead, total recoverable	0	75
Copper, total recoverable	0	75
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	0	62
Rainfall	0	30
Duration	0	30
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	21
NOAEL Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	21
NOAEL Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	0	21

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0037168.

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 GA0037168.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0037168.

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 GA0037168.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0037168, held by City of Atlanta for ATLANTA, CITY OF (EAST AREA CSS) in Atlanta, GA, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger and administratively continued past its January 30, 2010 expiration. The page lists 26 pollutants on file, of which 15 are under a numeric limit and 26 carry a violation of some kind, with 0 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance. The receiving water is listed as impaired under 303(D), within the Sugar Creek-South River subwatershed (HUC 030701030102).