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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAIS12173

BLUE BIRD SOUTH, Fort Valley, GA: NPDES GAIS12173 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BLUE BIRD SOUTH, held by Blue Bird Corporation, holds NPDES permit GAIS12173. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. 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 filedBLUE BIRD SOUTH
Permittee as filedBlue Bird Corporation
NPDES IDGAIS12173
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJune 1, 2022
Expiration dateMay 31, 2027
AddressFort Valley, GA 31030
SubwatershedCole Creek-Tobesofkee Creek (HUC 030701031401)
SIC3713 – Truck And Bus Bodies

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

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
pH180
Solids, total suspended180
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]180

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAIS12173.

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 GAIS12173.

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.

What this page shows

This EPA-issued NPDES permit record for BLUE BIRD SOUTH in Fort Valley, GA, held by Blue Bird Corporation under permit GAIS12173, shows the permit as Effective, with an issue date of June 1, 2022 and an expiration date of May 31, 2027, as of October 14, 2026. The page lists 3 pollutants on file, 3 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance, within the Cole Creek-Tobesofkee Creek (HUC 030701031401) subwatershed.