Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAR18B979

FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500, Cumming, GA: NPDES GAR18B979 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500, held by John McDonald, holds NPDES permit GAR18B979. 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.

What the register holds for FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Cumming, Georgia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAR18B979.

Identity

Facility as filed	FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500
Permittee as filed	John McDonald
NPDES ID	GAR18B979
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	Cumming, GA 30040
Subwatershed	Upper Big Creek (HUC 031300011002)
NAICS	236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
SIC	1542 – Nonresidential 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 GAR18B979.

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 GAR18B979.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES GAR18B979.

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 GAR18B979.

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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FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500, Cumming, Georgia: Coverage under a general permit GAR18B979, held by John McDonald; Construction stormwater; Effective; issued August 1, 2023, term to July 31, 2028; Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

Georgia holds 40,604 Construction stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 31,933 were issued before GAR18B979. John McDonald holds 2 permits in Georgia.

Other permits held by John McDonald

SHILOH NORTH, Cumming: GAR18BB68, issued August 1, 2023

Coverages issued nearest GAR18B979

August 1, 2023: EASTANOLLEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENOVATIONS, Eastanollee, GAR18B974, held by Stephens County Schools
August 1, 2023: HERON MILL PHASE 2 APARTMENTS, Douglasville, GAR18B975, held by Heron Mill Apartments, LLC
August 1, 2023: FORKLIFT TIRE FACILITY, Guyton, GAR18B976, held by Don Walden
August 1, 2023: LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE, Locust Grove, GAR18B977, held by Rare Hospitality
August 1, 2023: CHARLES BRANNEN POND, Midville, GAR18B978, held by Charles Brannen
August 1, 2023: GEORGIA AGRICULTURE TERMINAL (STATE FARMERS' MARKET), Forest Park, GAR18B97A, held by Paul Bryant
August 1, 2023: 3980 GORDON HIGHWAY, Harlem, GAR18B97C, held by Nicholas Landrum
August 1, 2023: JOE CLARK, Valdosta, GAR18B97D, held by Joe Clark
August 1, 2023: LOCKBOX COLBERT, Colbert, GAR18B97E, held by Watkinsville
August 1, 2023: SMYRNA GODDARD, Smyrna, GAR18B981, held by ANAND SHELAT

FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 154 discharge permits in the Upper Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300011002), GAR18B979 among them.

Other permits in the Upper Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300011002)

103 LENORE PLACE, Unknown: GAR380542, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
1254 PEACHTREE PKWY, Cumming: GAR18BF22, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
311 WILLS ROAD - ENCLAVE AT WILLS PARK, Alpharetta: GAR147453, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
3245 HIGHWAY 9, Alpharetta: GAR3969C6, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
7 BREW- MILTON, Milton: GAR18BAD8, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
ABBINGTON TRAIL, Powder Springs: GAR148675, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
ADVERTO AT THE MEADOWS, Alpharetta: GAR151074, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY ALPHARETTA PARKING LOT EXPANSION, Alpharetta: GAR18BB0A, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
ATHENS ACADEMY PARKING LOT ADDITION, Watkinsville: GAR153227, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018
AUDI FORSYTH, Cumming: GAR18B7A8, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Nearby on the register

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

Across the 1,628 storm water construction permits in Cumming, 0.0% carry a violation on file. With this permit included, 91.3% of those 1,628 Cumming permits carry an earlier issue date than this permit. The Upper Big Creek subwatershed holds 154 NPDES permits, and FORSYTH COMMERCE CENTER - 400-500 is among them.