Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAG640107

CORNELIA, CITY OF (CORNELIA WTP), Cornelia, GA: NPDES GAG640107 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CORNELIA, CITY OF (CORNELIA WTP), held by Cornelia, City of, holds NPDES permit GAG640107. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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	CORNELIA, CITY OF (CORNELIA WTP)
Permittee as filed	Cornelia, City of
NPDES ID	GAG640107
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 31, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Cornelia, GA 30531
Subwatershed	Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302)
NAICS	221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

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

10Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	109	1	September 30, 2022	17% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	55	1	February 28, 2026	900% over the limit
pH	2	108	0
Iron, total recoverable	2	108	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	108	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	0	108	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	18	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	0	0
Coliform, fecal general	2	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 GAG640107.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAG640107, held by Cornelia, City of for the CORNELIA, CITY OF (CORNELIA WTP) facility in Cornelia, GA, and records a permit status of Administratively continued. The figures listed are 9 for discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 10 pollutants in the effluent limits and exceedances section. The page's Lower Brasstown Creek subwatershed is identified by HUC 060200020302.