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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAR18AB37

BEARS PAW, Ellijay, GA: NPDES GAR18AB37 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BEARS PAW, held by Ronald O'Brien, holds NPDES permit GAR18AB37. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2028. 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.

What the register holds for BEARS PAW: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Ellijay, Georgia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAR18AB37.

Identity

Facility as filedBEARS PAW
Permittee as filedRonald O'Brien
NPDES IDGAR18AB37
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedAugust 1, 2023
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2028
AddressEllijay, GA 30540
SubwatershedTurkey Creek-Clear Creek (HUC 031501020105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES GAR18AB37.

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 GAR18AB37.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

BEARS PAW, a Storm Water Construction general permit coverage held by Ronald O'Brien in Ellijay, Georgia (NPDES ID GAR18AB37), is one of 99 storm water construction permits in Ellijay on EPA's NPDES register, this one included. Among those 99 Ellijay permits, 25.3% carry an earlier issue date than this one, and 0.0% have a violation on file. The permit also shares the Turkey Creek-Clear Creek subwatershed with 13 NPDES permits, this one included.