Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAJ020191
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (COMPOSTING FACILITY), Athens, GA: NPDES GAJ020191 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (COMPOSTING FACILITY), held by University of Georgia, holds NPDES permit GAJ020191. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2012 and expiring May 14, 2017. 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 filed | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (COMPOSTING FACILITY) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | University of Georgia |
| NPDES ID | GAJ020191 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 15, 2012 |
| Expiration date | May 14, 2017 |
| Address | Athens, GA 30605 |
| Subwatershed | Millstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 2 | April 30, 2017 | 708% over the limit |
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 6 | 26 | 0 | ||
| pH | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Spray irrigation, application rate | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GAJ020191.
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.