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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAIS14417

DAWSON YARD, Dawson, GA: NPDES GAIS14417 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DAWSON YARD, held by Georgia Southwestern Railroad, holds NPDES permit GAIS14417. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedDAWSON YARD
Permittee as filedGeorgia Southwestern Railroad
NPDES IDGAIS14417
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
AddressDawson, GA 39842
SubwatershedUpper Lake Blackshear (HUC 031300060602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
pH460
Solids, total suspended230
Acenaphthylene230
Acenaphthene230
Anthracene230
Benzo[b]fluoranthene230
Benzo[k]fluoranthene230
Benzo[a]pyrene230
Chrysene230
Fluoranthene230
Fluorene230
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene230
Phenanthrene230
Pyrene230
Benzo[ghi]perylene230
Benzo[a]anthracene230
Naphthalene230
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]230

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAIS14417.

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 GAIS14417.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAIS14417.

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 GAIS14417.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAIS14417 for DAWSON YARD in Dawson, GA, held by Georgia Southwestern Railroad, with an Effective permit status and a Minor Discharger class. The facts list 18 pollutants on file, 18 under a numeric limit, 0 with an effluent exceedance, and 18 with a violation of any kind.