Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAIS12811

3M TECHNICAL CERAMICS, Clarkston, GA: NPDES GAIS12811 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

3M TECHNICAL CERAMICS, held by 3M Technical Ceramics, Inc., holds NPDES permit GAIS12811. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027.

3M TECHNICAL CERAMICS, Clarkston, Georgia: Coverage under a general permit GAIS12811, held by 3M Technical Ceramics, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued June 1, 2022, term to May 31, 2027.

pH: 4 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Biochemical oxygen demand-5: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Georgia holds 1,505 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 493 were issued before GAIS12811.

Coverages issued nearest GAIS12811

June 1, 2022: SCRUGGS CONCRETE - THOMASVILLE, Thomasville, GAIS12505, held by Scruggs Concrete Co.
June 1, 2022: MISSION MINE, Nahunta, GAIS12520, held by The Chemours Company FC, LLC
June 1, 2022: TAYLOR, W.F. CO.. INC. - DALTON, Dalton, GAIS12670, held by W.F. Taylor
June 1, 2022: FIRST TRANSIT INC., 55603, Statesboro, GAIS12704, held by First Transit, Inc.
June 1, 2022: SIKA CORPORATION, Conyers, GAIS12796, held by Sika Corporation
June 1, 2022: BALDWIN PAVING CO., INC. MARIETTA PLANT, Marietta, GAIS12866, held by Baldwin Paving Co, Inc.
June 1, 2022: TURKEY RUN MSWL BORROW PIT #1, Hogansville, GAIS12878, held by Greenbow, LLC
June 1, 2022: ER SNELL, AUGUSTA ASPHALT PLANT, Grovetown, GAIS12899, held by E.R. Snell Contractors
June 1, 2022: DSC LOGISTICS, Mcdonough, GAIS12932, held by Georgia Pacific
June 1, 2022: PRECISION PROTECTIVE COATING, Savannah, GAIS12986, held by Precision Protective Coating

3M TECHNICAL CERAMICS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 639 discharge permits in the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301), GAIS12811 among them.

Other permits in the Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River subwatershed (HUC 030701030301)

1 CABIN DRIVE DEVELOPMENT, Conley: GAR18C1C4, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1001 MOSELEY ROAD - TRACT 3, Stockbridge: GAR397746, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1009 MOSELEY ROAD - TRACT 1, Stockbridge: GAR397744, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1303 LITHONIA INDUSTRIAL BLVD, Lithonia: GAR18C262, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1420 AZALEA DRIVE, LOT 3, Lawrenceville: GAR18BD88, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
14300 HOPEWELL ROAD, Alpharetta: GAR18C2EF, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1540 SIKES ROAD, Statham: GAR3976AC, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1632 HOWELL BRIDGE RD, Ball Ground: GAR18C252, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
1861 BLACK BEAR TRAIL, Big Canoe: GAR18C26E, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
2178 NE HILLWOOD DR LOT 694-697, Conyers: GAR3976C5, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	3M TECHNICAL CERAMICS
Permittee as filed	3M Technical Ceramics, Inc.
NPDES ID	GAIS12811
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	June 1, 2022
Expiration date	May 31, 2027
Address	Clarkston, GA 30021
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)
SIC	3299 – Nonmetallic Mineral Products
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAR000056168

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	4	48
Solids, total suspended	2	24
Biochemical oxygen demand-5	0	9
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	3

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAIS12811.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GAIS12811.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAIS12811.

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 GAIS12811.

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit GAIS12811, held by 3M Technical Ceramics, Inc. for the 3M Technical Ceramics facility in Clarkston, GA, with a status of Effective and an issue date of June 1, 2022 and expiration date of May 31, 2027. The listed figures are a discharger class of Minor, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.