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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAIS14501

DS SMITH RICEBORO LUMBER, Riceboro, GA: NPDES GAIS14501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DS SMITH RICEBORO LUMBER, held by DS Smith, holds NPDES permit GAIS14501. 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 filedDS SMITH RICEBORO LUMBER
Permittee as filedDS Smith
NPDES IDGAIS14501
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
AddressRiceboro, GA 31323
SubwatershedWilmington River (HUC 030602040101)

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
pH8540
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]5330
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]4310
Solids, total suspended4270
Acenaphthylene4270
Acenaphthene4270
Anthracene4270
Benzo[b]fluoranthene4270
Benzo[k]fluoranthene4270
Benzo[a]pyrene4270
Chrysene4270
Fluoranthene4270
Fluorene4270
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene4270
Phenanthrene4270
Pyrene4270
Benzo[ghi]perylene4270
Benzo[a]anthracene4270
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene4270
Naphthalene4270

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAIS14501.

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 GAIS14501.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit GAIS14501, held by DS Smith for DS SMITH RICEBORO LUMBER in Riceboro, GA, with the status Effective and the program listed as industrial stormwater. The page lists 20 pollutants on file, 20 under a numeric limit, 20 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.