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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAP050317

HOWARD SHEPPARD INC., Sandersville, GA: NPDES GAP050317 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOWARD SHEPPARD INC., held by Howard Sheppard Inc., holds NPDES permit GAP050317. EPA’s file records it issued October 10, 2017 and expiring October 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.

Identity

Facility as filedHOWARD SHEPPARD INC.
Permittee as filedHoward Sheppard Inc.
NPDES IDGAP050317
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 10, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2022
AddressSandersville, GA 31082
NAICS484230 – Specialized Freight [except Used Goods] Trucking, Long-Distance
SIC4212 – Local Trucking, Without Storage
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler GAR000059485

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Solids, total suspended23634November 30, 2022218% over the limit
Chromium, total [as Cr]21513January 31, 2024379% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]21010October 31, 20191,770% over the limit
Oil & grease, non-polar material21010May 31, 2021140% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C222February 28, 201810% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]222June 30, 2025934% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant222February 28, 20223% over the limit
pH211December 31, 2021
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]011December 31, 2024111% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]200

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 GAP050317.

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 NPDES permit GAP050317, held by Howard Sheppard Inc. in Sandersville, GA, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of minor. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued October 10, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022.