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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAP050270

GOLD CREEK FOODS LLC (DAWSONVILLE), Dawsonville, GA: NPDES GAP050270 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOLD CREEK FOODS LLC (DAWSONVILLE), held by Gold Creek Foods LLC, holds NPDES permit GAP050270. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2018 and expiring July 31, 2023. 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.

Identity

Facility as filedGOLD CREEK FOODS LLC (DAWSONVILLE)
Permittee as filedGold Creek Foods LLC
NPDES IDGAP050270
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 30, 2018
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2023
AddressDawsonville, GA 30534
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SIC2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4942June 30, 202695% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4602June 30, 202658% over the limit
pH2571April 30, 2026
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2571February 28, 202615% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4920
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]4920
Solids, total suspended4920
Oil & Grease4920
Phosphorus, total [as P]4920

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 GAP050270.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAP050270, held by Gold Creek Foods LLC for GOLD CREEK FOODS LLC (DAWSONVILLE) in Dawsonville, GA, a minor discharger with administratively continued status. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 4 with an effluent exceedance, and 9 in the classification totals, with permit dates of July 30, 2018 issued and July 31, 2023 expiring.