Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAR18BA9B

GEORGIA WOOD CHAR, Commerce, GA: NPDES GAR18BA9B discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

GEORGIA WOOD CHAR, held by Allen Ledford, holds NPDES permit GAR18BA9B. 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 GEORGIA WOOD CHAR: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Commerce, Georgia. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GAR18BA9B.

Identity

Facility as filed	GEORGIA WOOD CHAR
Permittee as filed	Allen Ledford
NPDES ID	GAR18BA9B
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	Commerce, GA 30530
Subwatershed	Parks Creek-North Oconee River (HUC 030701010406)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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 GAR18BA9B.

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 GAR18BA9B.

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.

GEORGIA WOOD CHAR is among 102 storm water construction permits in Commerce, and 0.0% of those carry a violation on file. The Parks Creek-North Oconee River subwatershed (HUC 030701010406) includes 115 NPDES permits, counting this permit, and 45.1% of the 102 storm water construction permits in Commerce have an issue date earlier than this permit's.