Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050259
ROYAL VINDICATOR MINE, Tallapoosa, GA: NPDES GA0050259 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROYAL VINDICATOR MINE, held by Chester Holdings LLC Inc., holds NPDES permit GA0050259. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 filed | ROYAL VINDICATOR MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Chester Holdings LLC Inc. |
| NPDES ID | GA0050259 |
| 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 | January 23, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Tallapoosa, GA 30176 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Euharlee Creek (HUC 031501041404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 55 | 15 | July 31, 2025 | 300% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 8 | 53 | 13 | July 31, 2025 | 1,526% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 43 | 3 | February 29, 2020 | 17% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 22 | 2 | March 31, 2025 | |
| Turbidity | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 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 GA0050259.
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 September 15, 2026.