Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0046973
GEORGIA-PACIFIC SAVANNAH RIVER LLC, Rincon, GA: NPDES GA0046973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEORGIA-PACIFIC SAVANNAH RIVER LLC, held by Georgia-Pacific Savannah River LLC, holds NPDES permit GA0046973. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | GEORGIA-PACIFIC SAVANNAH RIVER LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Georgia-Pacific Savannah River LLC |
| NPDES ID | GA0046973 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Address | Rincon, GA 31326 |
| Subwatershed | Wilmington River (HUC 030602040101) |
| NAICS | 322121 – Paper [Except Newsprint] Mills |
| SIC | 2621 – Paper Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler GAD984272088; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001310300007 |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2025 | 29% over the limit |
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spray irrigation, application rate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 0 | 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 GA0046973.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.