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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAIS15097

SONOCO PAPERBOARD, Norcross, GA: NPDES GAIS15097 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SONOCO PAPERBOARD, held by Sonoco Products Company, holds NPDES permit GAIS15097. 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.

What the register holds for SONOCO PAPERBOARD: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Norcross, Georgia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAIS15097.

Identity

Facility as filedSONOCO PAPERBOARD
Permittee as filedSonoco Products Company
NPDES IDGAIS15097
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
AddressNorcross, GA 30071
SubwatershedCauley Creek-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300010905)
SIC2679 – Converted Paper Products

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES GAIS15097.

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 GAIS15097.

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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Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

The Sonoco Paperboard storm water industrial permit (NPDES ID GAIS15097) is one of 21 such permits on the register in Norcross, Georgia. Among the 21 storm water industrial permits in Norcross, 23.8% have a violation on file, and this permit has none of the recorded numeric-limit or effluent exceedance counts. Within the Cauley Creek-Chattahoochee River subwatershed, which includes 166 NPDES permits, this permit is one of the entries.