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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0045918

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - CHEROKEE QUARRY, Ball Ground, GA: NPDES GA0045918 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - CHEROKEE QUARRY, held by VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, holds NPDES permit GA0045918, which discharges to Settledown Crk/Trib To Etowah Rv.. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2008 and expiring December 31, 2012. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedVULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - CHEROKEE QUARRY
Permittee as filedVULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
NPDES IDGA0045918
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 31, 2008
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2012
Issuing agencyGA DNR
AddressBall Ground, GA 30107
Receiving waterSETTLEDOWN CRK/TRIB TO ETOWAH RV.
SubwatershedLower Settingdown Creek (HUC 031501040305)
SIC1423 – Crushed And Broken Granite
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source GA0000001305700034

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended613515May 31, 201295% over the limit
pH61160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant61160
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight0370

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0045918.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GA0045918, held by VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - CHEROKEE QUARRY in Ball Ground, GA, which discharges to Settledown Crk/Trib To Etowah Rv within the Lower Settingdown Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501040305). The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and it shows the permit as administratively continued with an issue date of January 31, 2008 and an expiration date of December 31, 2012.