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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAP050294

BLUE BIRD BODY CORPORATION, Fort Valley, GA: NPDES GAP050294 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BLUE BIRD BODY CORPORATION, held by MetoKote Corporation, holds NPDES permit GAP050294. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2014 and expiring October 31, 2019. 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 filedBLUE BIRD BODY CORPORATION
Permittee as filedMetoKote Corporation
NPDES IDGAP050294
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
IssuedOctober 31, 2014
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2019
AddressFort Valley, GA 31030
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAD980729974; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001322500001

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Cadmium, total [as Cd]49317February 28, 2017150% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]49111March 31, 2021364% over the limit
Nickel, total [as Ni]4899March 31, 2021497% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1222August 31, 20204% over the limit
pH2431February 29, 2020
Lead, total [as Pb]4800
Silver, total [as Ag]4800
Copper, total [as Cu]4780
Cyanide, total [as CN]4760
Chromium, total [as Cr]4760
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2400
Fats, oils & grease [total o & g less TPH]1220
Solids, total suspended1190
Organics, total toxic [TTO]1120
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]1100
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight100

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 GAP050294.

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 GAP050294, held by MetoKote Corporation for BLUE BIRD BODY CORPORATION in Fort Valley, GA, with its permit status listed as administratively continued. The page lists a Minor Discharger class, 16 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.