Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046612

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - HEARD CO. QUARRY, Franklin, GA: NPDES GA0046612 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - HEARD CO. QUARRY, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC, holds NPDES permit GA0046612. EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2010 and expiring November 30, 2015.

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - HEARD CO. QUARRY, Franklin, Georgia: Individual permit GA0046612, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 21, 2010, term to November 30, 2015.

Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 250 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 4 limits, 240 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 240 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Turbidity: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Turbidity, change: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - NORCROSS QUARRY, Norcross: GA0003140, issued September 14, 2012
VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC (RABUN QUARRY), Rabun Gap: GA0023787, issued March 31, 2010
VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - LAGRANGE QUARRY, Lagrange: GA0024422, issued April 5, 2017
VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - SILOAM QUARRY, Greensboro: GA0026743, issued July 7, 2011
FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC. (FOREST PARK QUARRY), Forest Park: GA0027073, issued June 26, 2017
VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - VILLA RICA QUARRY, Villa Rica: GA0032433, issued December 21, 2010
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, LLC (GRAYSON QUARRY), Grayson: GA0033359, issued June 7, 2012
VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC (ELLIJAY QUARRY), Ellijay: GA0037818, issued December 11, 2017
VULCAN MATERIALS CO. - VMC JACKSON COUNTY QUARRY, Jefferson: GA0038679, issued April 15, 2010
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, LLC (FRIENDSHIP QUARRY), Buford: GA0049387, issued July 16, 2012

VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - HEARD CO. QUARRY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Brush Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020605), GA0046612 among them. Its county holds 4, 0 of them major permits; GA0046612 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Brush Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300020605)

TOWER RD II MITIGATION BANK, Franklin: GAR18B563, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
VICTORY RD. SUBDIVISION, Franklin: GAR397596, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - HEARD CO. QUARRY
Permittee as filed	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
NPDES ID	GA0046612
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	December 21, 2010
Expiration date	November 30, 2015
Address	Franklin, GA 30217
Subwatershed	Brush Creek (HUC 031300020605)
SIC	1423 – Crushed And Broken Granite
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source GA0000001314900003

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
8With 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	4	250
pH	4	240
Solids, total suspended	4	240
Turbidity	0	20
Oil & Grease	0	20
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	20
Rainfall	0	10
Turbidity, change	0	10

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0046612.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0046612.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0046612.

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 GA0046612.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit GA0046612, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC for its Heard Co. Quarry in Franklin, GA, with a status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class 3 designation. The figures listed are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 21, 2010 and expiring November 30, 2015, and the subwatershed given as Brush Creek (HUC 031300020605).