Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAR18B3B4

BILLY COWAN, Newborn, GA: NPDES GAR18B3B4 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BILLY COWAN, held by Billy Cowan, holds NPDES permit GAR18B3B4. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	BILLY COWAN
Permittee as filed	Billy Cowan
NPDES ID	GAR18B3B4
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Construction stormwater
Issued	August 1, 2023
Expiration date	July 31, 2028
Address	Newborn, GA 30056
Subwatershed	Pittman Creek (HUC 030701011602)
NAICS	236115 – New Single-Family Housing Construction [except For-Sale Builders]
SIC	1521 – Single-Family Housing Construction

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

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES GAR18B3B4.

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 GAR18B3B4.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 9, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES GAR18B3B4.

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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BILLY COWAN, Newborn, Georgia: Coverage under a general permit GAR18B3B4, held by Billy Cowan; Construction stormwater; Effective; issued August 1, 2023, term to July 31, 2028; New Single-Family Housing Construction [except For-Sale Builders].

January 9, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Georgia holds 40,604 Construction stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 31,933 were issued before GAR18B3B4.

Coverages issued nearest GAR18B3B4

August 1, 2023: 646 CAMPBELL ROAD, Covington, GAR18B3AA, held by Adrian Page
August 1, 2023: 658 CAMPBELL ROAD, Covington, GAR18B3AC, held by Adrian Page
August 1, 2023: BOARDWALK STORAGE SAWNEE, Cumming, GAR18B3B1, held by Ilde Robles
August 1, 2023: JACKSON HOME BUILD, Dallas, GAR18B3B2, held by James Jackson
August 1, 2023: WILLOW SPRINGS ROAD, Dallas, GAR18B3B3, held by Scott White
August 1, 2023: 5432 HEARN RD, Ellenwood, GAR18B3B5, held by Rasahn Hampleton
August 1, 2023: COTTAGES ON CARTER II CLEARING & GRADING, Midway, GAR18B3B6, held by Jon Dryden
August 1, 2023: MIDGARD SELF STORAGE ALPHARETTA, Alpharetta, GAR18B3B7, held by Todd M. Allen
August 1, 2023: FRONTIER MEAT PACKING LLC, Madison, GAR18B3B8, held by Frontier LLC
August 1, 2023: BRIDGEMILL SPIRITS AND WINE, Canton, GAR18B3B9, held by Pragnesh Patel

BILLY COWAN among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Pittman Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701011602), GAR18B3B4 among them.

Other permits in the Pittman Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701011602)

380 PITTS CHAPEL ROAD, Covington: GAR39556C, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
DOGWOOD MEADOWS - LOT 6, Mansfield: GAR365317, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
FARRAR MARKET, Newborn: GAR18B196, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
GPC CARMEL CHURCH 115KV SUBSTATION, Mansfield: GAR2543A5, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
KAUFFMAN TIRE, Lovejoy: GAR143527, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
PASSTIME LAKES - THASE THREE - LOT 2, Newborn: GAR352279, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
PASSTIME LAKES, PHASE III - LOT 3, Unknown: GAR368755, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The BILLY COWAN permit, NPDES ID GAR18B3B4, is one of 4 storm water construction permits on EPA's NPDES register in Newborn, Georgia. It also sits among 8 NPDES permits in the Pittman Creek subwatershed (HUC 030701011602). The permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.