Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0001911
CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC., Austell, GA: NPDES GA0001911 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC., held by Caraustar Mill Group, Inc., holds NPDES permit GA0001911. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Caraustar Mill Group, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | GA0001911 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 29, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2020 |
| Address | Austell, GA 30106 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Sweetwater Creek (HUC 031300020208) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 507 | 4 | July 31, 2013 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 361 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 266% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 475 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 361 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 2 | 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 GA0001911.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.