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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050249

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (FRANKLIN COUNTY WPCP), Carnesville, GA: NPDES GA0050249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (FRANKLIN COUNTY WPCP), held by Franklin County, holds NPDES permit GA0050249. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022. 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 filedFRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (FRANKLIN COUNTY WPCP)
Permittee as filedFranklin County
NPDES IDGA0050249
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 8, 2017
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2022
AddressCarnesville, GA 30521
SubwatershedMillstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]49692April 30, 20261,034% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C82517September 30, 2025313% over the limit
Solids, total suspended82012March 31, 2025154% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal187March 31, 2025119% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal176July 31, 2026123% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]165February 28, 202547% over the limit
E. coli033March 31, 2025140% over the limit
pH671February 29, 2020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant231January 31, 20241% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]550
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit440
Conductivity440
Stream flow, instantaneous330
Coliform, fecal general220
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]110
Phosphate, ortho [as P]110
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight110

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 GA0050249.

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 Clean Water Act NPDES permit GA0050249, held by Franklin County Board of Commissioners (Franklin County WPCP) in Carnesville, GA, with an administratively continued status and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Millstone Creek-Broad River subwatershed (HUC 030601040602).