Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046141
TIGNALL, TOWN OF (TIGNALL WPCP), Tignall, GA: NPDES GA0046141 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TIGNALL, TOWN OF (TIGNALL WPCP), held by Tignall, Town of, holds NPDES permit GA0046141. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 filed | TIGNALL, TOWN OF (TIGNALL WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tignall, Town of |
| NPDES ID | GA0046141 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 27, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Address | Tignall, GA 30668 |
| Subwatershed | Clark Creek (HUC 030601040506) |
| NAICS | 921190 – Other General Government Support |
| SIC | 9199 – General Government |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 247 | 23 | August 31, 2025 | 111% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 130 | 18 | August 31, 2025 | 198% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 87 | 18 | March 31, 2021 | 1,809% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 74 | 13 | August 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 234 | 6 | February 29, 2020 | 210% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 36 | 4 | August 31, 2025 | 81% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 36 | 4 | May 31, 2025 | 160% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 30 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 78% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 58 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 57 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 30 | 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 GA0046141.
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 October 14, 2026.