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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAJ020186

FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF), Suwanee, GA: NPDES GAJ020186 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF), held by Forsyth County, holds NPDES permit GAJ020186. EPA’s file records it issued January 5, 2017 and expiring January 31, 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 FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF): its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Suwanee, Georgia, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAJ020186.

Identity

Facility as filedFORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF)
Permittee as filedForsyth County
NPDES IDGAJ020186
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
IssuedJanuary 5, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2022
AddressSuwanee, GA 30024
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Suwanee Creek-Yellow River (HUC 030701030301)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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

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
Spray irrigation, application rate3200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C400
pH400
Solids, total suspended400
Coliform, fecal general400
Turbidity200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAJ020186.

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 GAJ020186.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAJ020186 for FORSYTH COUNTY (FOWLER WRF & JAMES CREEK WRF) in Suwanee, GA, held by Forsyth County, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of 7. The register lists 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and the permit's issue and expiration dates are as stated in EPA's permit file.