Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050279

ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (WILKINSON COUNTY MINE PITS), Gordon, GA: NPDES GA0050279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (WILKINSON COUNTY MINE PITS), held by Active Minerals International, LLC, holds NPDES permit GA0050279. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023.

ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (WILKINSON COUNTY MINE PITS), Gordon, Georgia: Individual permit GA0050279, held by Active Minerals International, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 5, 2018, term to September 30, 2023.

Turbidity: 6 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2023.
Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 175% over the limit.
pH: 6 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2020.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 12 limits, 80 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 12 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 12 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 12 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 6 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 6 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 27, 2026: Phone Call/ EMAIL (State).
August 12, 2026: Evaluation (S).
May 5, 2026: Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs (ST6).

Other permits held by Active Minerals International, LLC

VIOLA FARMS MINE, Attapulgus: GAG300039, issued August 1, 2016
ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (NEW AMSTERDAM MINE), Climax: GAG300052, issued August 1, 2016

ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (WILKINSON COUNTY MINE PITS) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 118 discharge permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305), GA0050279 among them.

Other permits in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305)

1161 LAKE POINTE SOUTH, Greensboro: GAR397797, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
48FORTY SOLUTIONS - MCINTYRE, Mc Intyre: GAIS14635, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
ADOETTE DEEPSTEP MINE, Deepstep: GA0050362, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2031
AGGREGATES USA, LLC (SPARTA QUARRY), Sparta: GAG300097, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2026
ALLEN MINE, Irwinton: GA0050265, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2023
ARCILLA MINING & LAND CO. (BUTLER), Toomsboro: GA0050300, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2026
ARCILLA MINING & LAND COMPANY, LLC (BROWN-CRISWELL MINE), Toomsboro: GA0050263, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2023
ARCILLA MINING & LAND COMPANY, LLC (HARBISON WALKER MINE), Gordon: GA0050266, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2023
BASF CORPORATION (MCINTYRE FACILITY), Mc Intyre: GA0003131, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
BEASLEY FOREST PRODUCTS, Sandersville: GAIS04387, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	ACTIVE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, LLC (WILKINSON COUNTY MINE PITS)
Permittee as filed	Active Minerals International, LLC
NPDES ID	GA0050279
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	September 5, 2018
Expiration date	September 30, 2023
Address	Gordon, GA 31031
Subwatershed	Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
10With 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
Turbidity	6	49	9	November 30, 2023
Solids, total suspended	6	49	9	February 28, 2025	175% over the limit
pH	6	41	1	December 31, 2020
Zinc, total [as Zn]	12	80	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	12	77	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	12	77	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	12	77	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	44	0
Oil & Grease	6	39	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	39	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 5, 2026	Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 12, 2026	Evaluation	S

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
October 27, 2026	Phone Call/ EMAIL	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GA0050279, held by Active Minerals International, LLC for the Wilkinson County Mine Pits in Gordon, GA, with the permit listed as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and places the facility in the Deepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701020305).