Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAJ030928

ETHICA HEALTH (HIGH SHOALS HEALTH & REHABILITATION WPCP), North High Shoals, GA: NPDES GAJ030928 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ETHICA HEALTH (HIGH SHOALS HEALTH & REHABILITATION WPCP), held by Ethica Health - High Shoals Health & Rehabilitation, holds NPDES permit GAJ030928. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2015 and expiring November 30, 2020.

ETHICA HEALTH (HIGH SHOALS HEALTH & REHABILITATION WPCP), North High Shoals, Georgia: State-issued individual permit GAJ030928, held by Ethica Health - High Shoals Health & Rehabilitation; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 30, 2015, term to November 30, 2020.

pH: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Depth to water level ft below landsurface: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Spray irrigation, application rate: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 17, 2026: Evaluation (S).

ETHICA HEALTH (HIGH SHOALS HEALTH & REHABILITATION WPCP) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 135 discharge permits in the Millstone Creek-Broad River subwatershed (HUC 030601040602), GAJ030928 among them.

Other permits in the Millstone Creek-Broad River subwatershed (HUC 030601040602)

(MATHEWS) POULTRY HOUSES, Lexington: GAR18B0F7, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
2153 BARNETT SHOALS SUBDIVISION, Watkinsville: GAR397753, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
31 RITA RIDGE, Jefferson: GAR39774F, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL INC., Athens: GAG200004, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2020
AC AUTO INC., Hull: GAIS14421, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
ASBURY LANDING S/D LOT 47, Cleveland: GAR356778, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (CEDAR CREEK WPCP), Athens: GA0034584, major permit, permit term to December 31, 2023
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (J.G. BEACHAM WTP), Athens: GAG640043, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (NORTH OCONEE WPCP), Athens: GA0021725, major permit, permit term to November 30, 2023
BANKS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (HUDSON RIVER WPCP), Commerce: GA0050215, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	ETHICA HEALTH (HIGH SHOALS HEALTH & REHABILITATION WPCP)
Permittee as filed	Ethica Health - High Shoals Health & Rehabilitation
NPDES ID	GAJ030928
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	November 30, 2015
Expiration date	November 30, 2020
Address	North High Shoals, GA 30621
Subwatershed	Millstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602)

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	4	0	0
Specific conductance	2	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Depth to water level ft below landsurface	2	0	0
Spray irrigation, application rate	2	0	0
Rainfall	1	0	0
Coliform, fecal general	1	0	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GAJ030928.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GAJ030928.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 17, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 GAJ030928.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit GAJ030928 for ETHICA HEALTH (HIGH SHOALS HEALTH & REHABILITATION WPCP) in North High Shoals, GA, held by Ethica Health - High Shoals Health & Rehabilitation, with a permit status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class. The register lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.