Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050199
LUMBER CITY, CITY OF (LUMBER CITY WPCP), Lumber City, GA: NPDES GA0050199 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LUMBER CITY, CITY OF (LUMBER CITY WPCP), held by Lumber City, holds NPDES permit GA0050199. EPA’s file records it issued August 24, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | LUMBER CITY, CITY OF (LUMBER CITY WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lumber City |
| NPDES ID | GA0050199 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 24, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Lumber City, GA 31549 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Turnpike Creek (HUC 030701050302) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 0 | 55 | 55 | July 31, 2026 | 1,821% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 143 | 21 | August 31, 2024 | 37% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 78 | 14 | January 31, 2023 | 505% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 69 | 8 | July 31, 2026 | 92% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 67 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 87% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 494 | 3 | April 30, 2011 | 151% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 494 | 3 | April 30, 2011 | 184% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 125 | 3 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 3 | May 31, 2026 | 86% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 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 GA0050199.
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.