Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046329

IMERYS CLAYS INC. (PILOT PLANT), Sandersville, GA: NPDES GA0046329 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

IMERYS CLAYS INC. (PILOT PLANT), held by Imerys Clays Inc., holds NPDES permit GA0046329. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2018. 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	IMERYS CLAYS INC. (PILOT PLANT)
Permittee as filed	Imerys Clays Inc.
NPDES ID	GA0046329
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 27, 2013
Expiration date	September 30, 2018
Address	Sandersville, GA 31082
Subwatershed	Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAR000011825

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
4With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	79
Turbidity	4	72
pH	4	72
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0046329.

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 GA0046329.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0046329.

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 GA0046329.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0046329, held by Imerys Clays Inc. for IMERYS CLAYS INC. (PILOT PLANT) in Sandersville, GA, with the permit listed as effective, a minor discharger, and in watershed Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305). The page lists 4 pollutants on file, 3 of them under a numeric limit, 4 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance. EPA's file shows the permit issued September 27, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2018, as of September 15, 2026.