Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0048887

DALTON GROUP OF INVESTORS, (AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN & SUITES WPCP), Dalton, GA: NPDES GA0048887 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

DALTON GROUP OF INVESTORS, (AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN & SUITES WPCP), held by Dalton Group of Investors, holds NPDES permit GA0048887. EPA’s file records it issued August 21, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019.

DALTON GROUP OF INVESTORS, (AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN & SUITES WPCP), Dalton, Georgia: Individual permit GA0048887, held by Dalton Group of Investors; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 21, 2014, term to August 31, 2019.

Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 181 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2008, largest 380% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 107 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2011.
Chlorine, total residual: 6 limits, 68 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2016, largest 1,190% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 181 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 179 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 179 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 132 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 64 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 1, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).

DALTON GROUP OF INVESTORS, (AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN & SUITES WPCP) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 43 discharge permits in the Swamp Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501010502), GA0048887 among them. Its county holds 49, 0 of them major permits; GA0048887 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Swamp Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501010502)

ANDERSEN BUILDING ADDITION, Dalton: GAR147639, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
BURNETTE - LOT 7 CREEKS EDGE, Unknown: GAR379971, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
C.W. MATTHEWS CONTRACTING CO. INC - CRAIG VAUGHN BORROW PIT #2, Dalton: GAR151047, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
CALOWAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Dalton: GA0048020, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIB./SWAMP CREEK..COOSA RIVER BASIN, permit term to March 31, 2007
CARBONDALE BUSINESS PARK, Unknown: GAR248281, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
CARBONDALE SUBSTATION, Dalton: GAR18BED7, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
COLLINGTON - LOT 14, Dalton: GAR38D727, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2023
CREEK EDGE - LOT 29, Dalton: GAR397011, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
CREEKS EDGE LOT 30, Unknown: GAR351284, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
CREEKS EDGE LOT 45, Unknown: GAR365251, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018

Identity

Facility as filed	DALTON GROUP OF INVESTORS, (AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN & SUITES WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Dalton Group of Investors
NPDES ID	GA0048887
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	August 21, 2014
Expiration date	August 31, 2019
Address	Dalton, GA 30720
Subwatershed	Swamp Creek (HUC 031501010502)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	181	1	July 31, 2008	380% over the limit
pH	2	107	1	June 30, 2011
Chlorine, total residual	6	68	1	November 30, 2016	1,190% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	181	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	179	0
Solids, total suspended	2	179	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	132	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	64	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0048887.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GA0048887.

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 1, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0048887, held by Dalton Group of Investors for the America's Best Value Inn & Suites WPCP facility in Dalton, GA, with the permit status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 3 with an effluent exceedance, within the Swamp Creek watershed (HUC 031501010502).