Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046736
ZEMEX ATTAPULGITE, LLC, Attapulgus, GA: NPDES GA0046736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
ZEMEX ATTAPULGITE, LLC, held by ATTAPULGITE MINING INC, holds NPDES permit GA0046736, which discharges to Double Br/Willacoochee Crk. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2003 and expiring July 31, 2008. 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 | ZEMEX ATTAPULGITE, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ATTAPULGITE MINING INC |
| NPDES ID | GA0046736 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 29, 2003 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2008 |
| Issuing agency | GA DNR |
| Address | Attapulgus, GA 31715 |
| Receiving water | DOUBLE BR/WILLACOOCHEE CRK |
| Subwatershed | Little Attapulgus Creek (HUC 031200030203) |
| SIC | 1459 – Clay And Related Minerals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler GAR000055905 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 6 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0046736.
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 GA0046736.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0046736.
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 GA0046736.
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.