Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0037940

VULCAN MATERIALS CO, Lafayette, GA: NPDES GA0037940 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

VULCAN MATERIALS CO, held by VULCAN MATL -WALKER CO QUARRY, holds NPDES permit GA0037940, which discharges to Duck Crk. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2004 and expiring July 31, 2009.

VULCAN MATERIALS CO, Lafayette, Georgia: Individual permit GA0037940, held by VULCAN MATL -WALKER CO QUARRY; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 30, 2004, term to July 31, 2009, by GA DNR; discharges to DUCK CRK.

pH: 4 limits, 202 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 202 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 202 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Georgia holds 458 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 60 were issued before GA0037940.

Coverages issued nearest GA0037940

June 16, 2004: WAYNESBORO, CITY OF (BRIER CREEK WPCP), Waynesboro, GA0038466, held by Waynesboro, City of
June 18, 2004: ROSE CRK. REUSE, Woodstock, GAU020015, held by CHEROKEE CO- ROSE CRK REUSE
June 25, 2004: DEPT OF BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING, Athens, GAU020191, held by UNIVERSITY OF GA.(COMPOST FAC)
August 4, 2004: CITY OF BREMEN, TURKEY CRK, Bremen, GAU020142, held by BREMEN , CITY OF (LAS)
August 19, 2004: ST MARYS -POINT PETER, Saint Marys, GA0038580, held by SAINT MARYS - POINT PETER
October 12, 2004: CITY OF UNADILLA, Unadilla, GAU020151, held by UNADILLA (LAS)
October 22, 2004: CITY OF COVINGTON, Covington, GAU020055, held by COVINGTON (LAS)
November 24, 2004: CITY OF REIDSVILLE-LYNNTOWN RD, Reidsville, GAU020255, held by REIDSVILLE (LAS)
December 20, 2004: CITY OF MCRAE, Mcrae, GAU020248, held by MCRAE WPCP
January 31, 2005: ATLANTA, CITY OF (EAST AREA CSS), Atlanta, GA0037168, held by City of Atlanta

VULCAN MATERIALS CO among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Lower Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501050407), GA0037940 among them. Its county holds 10, 1 of them major permits; GA0037940 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501050407)

BARWICK-LAFAYETTE AIRPORT MATERIALS PIT, Lafayette: GAR18AE30, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2025
WALKER CO QUARRY, Lafayette: GA0037958, minor permit, discharging to CHESTATEE RIVER, permit term to December 31, 2008

Identity

Facility as filed	VULCAN MATERIALS CO
Permittee as filed	VULCAN MATL -WALKER CO QUARRY
NPDES ID	GA0037940
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
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 30, 2004
Expiration date	July 31, 2009
Issuing agency	GA DNR
Address	Lafayette, GA 30728
Receiving water	DUCK CRK
Subwatershed	Lower Cane Creek (HUC 031501050407)

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
3With 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
pH	4	202
Solids, total suspended	4	202
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	202
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0037940.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0037940.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0037940.

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 GA0037940.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0037940, held by VULCAN MATERIALS CO in Lafayette, GA, which discharges to DUCK CRK in the Lower Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501050407). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 4 pollutants on file, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.