Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0037893
TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATING STATION, Franklin, GA: NPDES GA0037893 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATING STATION, held by Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P., holds NPDES permit GA0037893. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 | TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P. |
| NPDES ID | GA0037893 |
| 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 | June 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Franklin, GA 30217 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Long Cane Creek (HUC 031300020905) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler GAR000045336; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001314900004 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 | 6 | 38 | 2 | October 31, 2025 | 10% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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 GA0037893.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.