Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0037761

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUMPED STORAGE), Rome, GA: NPDES GA0037761 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUMPED STORAGE), held by Oglethorpe Power Corporation, holds NPDES permit GA0037761. EPA’s file records it issued July 24, 2014 and expiring July 31, 2019.

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUMPED STORAGE), Rome, Georgia: Individual permit GA0037761, held by Oglethorpe Power Corporation; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 24, 2014, term to July 31, 2019.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2018, largest 44% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Oglethorpe Power Corporation

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (SMARR ENERGY FACILITY), Forsyth: GA0038059, issued June 10, 2015
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (SEWELL CREEK ENERGY FACILITY), Cedartown: GA0038067, issued June 10, 2015
BOBBY C. SMITH JR. ENERGY FACILITY (FORMERLY EFFINGHAM ENERGY FACILITY), Rincon: GAJ010564, issued May 3, 2017

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUMPED STORAGE) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 297 discharge permits in the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404), GA0037761 among them. Its county holds 25, 4 of them major permits; GA0037761 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Euharlee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501041404)

(CED) CEDARTOWN, GA, Cedartown: GAIS14166, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
11 GARDEN GATE, Kingston: GAR18C23D, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
13 GARDEN GATE, Kingston: GAR18C23F, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
159 HAPPY VALLEY, Dallas: GAR18C223, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1872 TOWNSHIP, Rockmart: GAR396699, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1920 - ENPLAS (USA) INC., Marietta: GAIS14911, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
204 BATES FARM, Cartersville: GAR18C1A3, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
242 OLD SANDHILL ROAD, Carrollton: GAR397703, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
28 COHRAN RD, DALLAS, Dallas: GAR18C1F4, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
30 BATES FARM, Cartersville: GAR397762, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUMPED STORAGE)
Permittee as filed	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
NPDES ID	GA0037761
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	July 24, 2014
Expiration date	July 31, 2019
Address	Rome, GA 30165
Subwatershed	Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAD000612432; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001311500084

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
1With 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	41	1	December 31, 2018	44% over the limit
pH	2	40	0
Oil & Grease	2	40	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	2	18	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0037761.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0037761.

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 GA0037761.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit GA0037761, held by Oglethorpe Power Corporation for its Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage facility in Rome, GA, with a status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class of 4. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and shows the permit as issued July 24, 2014, with an expiration date of July 31, 2019.