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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAJ010452

CHICKEN OF THE SEA INTERNATIONAL (TUNA CANNING PLANT), Lyons, GA: NPDES GAJ010452 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHICKEN OF THE SEA INTERNATIONAL (TUNA CANNING PLANT), held by Chicken of the Sea International, holds NPDES permit GAJ010452. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 CHICKEN OF THE SEA INTERNATIONAL (TUNA CANNING PLANT): its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Lyons, Georgia, and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAJ010452.

Identity

Facility as filedCHICKEN OF THE SEA INTERNATIONAL (TUNA CANNING PLANT)
Permittee as filedChicken of the Sea International
NPDES IDGAJ010452
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 26, 2017
Expiration dateJune 30, 2022
AddressLyons, GA 30436
SubwatershedChapel Creek (HUC 030701060304)
SIC2092 – Fresh Or Frozen Prepared Fish
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAR000094060

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
pH1800
Depth to water level ft below landsurface1800
Phosphorus, total [as P]1500
Specific conductance1200
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]900
Chloride600
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C300
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]300
Solids, total suspended100
Oil & Grease100
Nitrogen, total100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAJ010452.

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 GAJ010452.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAJ010452.

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 GAJ010452.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAJ010452, held by Chicken of the Sea International for its tuna canning plant in Lyons, GA, with a permit status of administratively continued. The page lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.