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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046680

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (RICE YARD), Waycross, GA: NPDES GA0046680 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (RICE YARD), held by CSX Transportation, Inc, holds NPDES permit GA0046680. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 filedCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (RICE YARD)
Permittee as filedCSX Transportation, Inc
NPDES IDGA0046680
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
IssuedApril 27, 2016
Expiration dateMay 31, 2021
AddressWaycross, GA 31503
SubwatershedLower Buffalo Creek (HUC 030702011104)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAD991275900; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001329900017

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Trichloroethylene2112June 30, 200386% over the limit
1,1-Dichloroethylene2121November 30, 200256% over the limit
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight0160
Acetone2120
Methylene chloride2110
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene2110
Chlorobenzene2100
1,1-Dichloroethane2100
1,2-Dichlorobenzene280
Vinyl chloride280
Tetrachloroethylene070
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant060
pH240
Tetrachloroethylene230
Flow, process wastewater230
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]020
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]020
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]020
Phosphorus, total [as P]020
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl020

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 GA0046680.

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 NPDES permit GA0046680, held by CSX Transportation, Inc. for CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (RICE YARD) in Waycross, GA, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of minor. The permit was issued April 27, 2016 and expired May 31, 2021, and the page lists 12 under Minor Discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The facility sits in the Lower Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030702011104).