Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0003883
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT MCINTOSH), Rincon, GA: NPDES GA0003883 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT MCINTOSH), held by Georgia Power Company, holds NPDES permit GA0003883. EPA’s file records it issued March 19, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. 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 | GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (PLANT MCINTOSH) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Georgia Power Company |
| NPDES ID | GA0003883 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 19, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Address | Rincon, GA 31326 |
| Subwatershed | Wilmington River (HUC 030602040101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 6 | 16 | 8 | March 31, 2005 | |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 1997 | 290% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 7 | 3 | September 30, 1994 | 82% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 22 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants released, total residual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 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 GA0003883.
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 14, 2026.