Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAP050369

VLS RAIL (FITZGERALD), Fitzgerald, GA: NPDES GAP050369 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

VLS RAIL (FITZGERALD), held by VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, holds NPDES permit GAP050369. EPA’s file records it issued February 26, 2025 and expiring February 28, 2030. 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	VLS RAIL (FITZGERALD)
Permittee as filed	VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC
NPDES ID	GAP050369
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual industrial user permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 26, 2025
Expiration date	February 28, 2030
Address	Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler GAD109263467; ICIS-AIR source GA0000001301700027

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
2With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	4	4	May 31, 2025	309% over the limit
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]	2	4	4	May 31, 2025	120% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	2	0
Fluoranthene	2	2	0
Phenanthrene	2	2	0
Oil & grease, non-polar material	2	2	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	2	2	0
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	2	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	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 GAP050369.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This register page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES GAP050369 for VLS RAIL (FITZGERALD) in Fitzgerald, GA, held by VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, with status listed as Effective and a Minor Discharger class. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 7 of them under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.