Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046400

MOUNTAIN LAKES WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY, INC. (MOUNTAIN LAKE RESORT WPCP), Cleveland, GA: NPDES GA0046400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

MOUNTAIN LAKES WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY, INC. (MOUNTAIN LAKE RESORT WPCP), held by Mountain Lake Water & Sewer Authority, LLC, holds NPDES permit GA0046400. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022. 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	MOUNTAIN LAKES WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY, INC. (MOUNTAIN LAKE RESORT WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Mountain Lake Water & Sewer Authority, LLC
NPDES ID	GA0046400
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
Issued	February 8, 2017
Expiration date	February 28, 2022
Address	Cleveland, GA 30528
Subwatershed	Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	7011 – Hotels And Motels

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

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	69	27	June 30, 2026	595% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	77	16	January 31, 2026	78% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	120	12	June 30, 2026	258% over the limit
E. coli	0	2	2	March 31, 2026	869% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	61	1	October 31, 2015	163% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	103	0
pH	2	58	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	14	0
Phosphorus, ortho	1	11	0
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]	1	10	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	1	10	0
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl	1	10	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 GA0046400.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0046400, held by Mountain Lake Water & Sewer Authority, LLC for the Mountain Lake Resort WPCP in Cleveland, GA, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed is identified by HUC code 060200020302.