Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAIS12444

EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO., Columbus, GA: NPDES GAIS12444 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO., held by E.J. Knight Scrap Material Co., holds NPDES permit GAIS12444. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2012 and expiring May 31, 2017.

EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO., Columbus, Georgia: Coverage under a general permit GAIS12444, held by E.J. Knight Scrap Material Co.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 19, 2012, term to May 31, 2017.

Georgia holds 1,505 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 422 were issued before GAIS12444.

Coverages issued nearest GAIS12444

September 10, 2012: PROBUILD SOUTH, Kennesaw, GAIS04996
September 12, 2012: SOUTHERN CONCRETE MATERIALS, Blairsville, GAIS04006
September 14, 2012: HUBBELL DIECASTING, Moultrie, GAIS01150, held by JDJ Operations, LLC
September 14, 2012: NEWNAN SALVAGE CO., Newnan, GAIS12443, held by NEWNAN SALVAGE CO
September 17, 2012: SOUTHERN CONCRETE, Mccaysville, GAIS04141
September 28, 2012: OXFORD CONST PLT 3, Lumpkin, GAIS04193, held by OXFORD CONSTRUCTION COMP. ASPHALT PLANT 3
October 1, 2012: XL BRANDS, Resaca, GAIS05017
October 31, 2012: LANGDALE CO. - DELOACH MINE, Valdosta, GAIS12502, held by LANGDALE COMPANY - DELOACH MINE
November 26, 2012: MANOR TIMBER CO, Manor, GAIS01153, held by Samuel A. Henderson
January 23, 2013: AUGUSTA SELECT TISSUE, Augusta, GAIS04223, held by Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations LLC

EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 65 discharge permits in the Cooper Creek-Bull Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300030103), GAIS12444 among them. Its county holds 36, 1 of them major permits; GAIS12444 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Cooper Creek-Bull Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300030103)

2200 CUSSETA ROAD, Columbus: GAR153327, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
4026 BUENA VISTA ROAD DEVELOPMENT, Columbus: GAR18C142, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
904 COMMONS, Columbus: GAR18B801, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
ALL AMERICAN RECYCLING, Columbus: GAIS13028, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2017
ALL AMERICAN RECYCLING - MLK BLVD, Columbus: GAIS13029, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2017
ARMOUR AVENUE APARTMENTS, Columbus: GAR150386, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
AUTONATION COLLISION CENTER, Columbus: GAR153151, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
BOJANGLES RESTAURANT- VICTORY DRIVE, Columbus: GAR146846, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
C-STORE AT 3340 BUENA VISTA ROAD, Columbus: GAR18B799, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
CARVER PARK RECREATION CENTER PHASE I, Columbus: GAR18BD8D, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

What the register holds for EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO.: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Columbus, Georgia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAIS12444.

Identity

Facility as filed	EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO.
Permittee as filed	E.J. Knight Scrap Material Co.
NPDES ID	GAIS12444
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
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	September 19, 2012
Expiration date	May 31, 2017
Address	Columbus, GA 31901
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Cooper Creek-Bull Creek (HUC 031300030103)
SIC	5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source GA0000001321500104

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES GAIS12444.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GAIS12444.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAIS12444.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GAIS12444.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The EJ KNIGHT SCRAP MATERIAL CO. storm water industrial permit is one of 15 such permits in Muscogee County, and it sits within the Cooper Creek-Bull Creek subwatershed, which contains 65 NPDES permits including this one. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 33.3% of the county's 15 storm water industrial permits have a violation on file.