Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038440
FULTON COUNTY - CAULEY CREEK WPCP, Duluth, GA: NPDES GA0038440 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FULTON COUNTY - CAULEY CREEK WPCP, held by FULTON CO-CAULEY CRK, holds NPDES permit GA0038440, which discharges to Cauley Crk/Chattahoochee Rv. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2005 and expiring June 2, 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 | FULTON COUNTY - CAULEY CREEK WPCP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FULTON CO-CAULEY CRK |
| NPDES ID | GA0038440 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 3, 2005 |
| Expiration date | June 2, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | GA DNR |
| Address | Duluth, GA 30097 |
| Receiving water | CAULEY CRK/CHATTAHOOCHEE RV |
| Subwatershed | Cauley Creek-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300010905) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 10 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2012 | 2,831% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2010 | 60% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2008 | 115% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2009 | 560% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2005 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2009 | 0% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2009 | 560% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 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 GA0038440.
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.