Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0026786
GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE, Waynesboro, GA: NPDES GA0026786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE, held by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. (Plant Vogtle), holds NPDES permit GA0026786. EPA’s file records it issued July 23, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GA POWER/PLANT VOGTLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Southern Nuclear Operating Co. (Plant Vogtle) |
| NPDES ID | GA0026786 |
| 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 | July 23, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2024 |
| Address | Waynesboro, GA 30830 |
| Subwatershed | Rosemary Creek (HUC 030602010607) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 9 | 6 | February 28, 2014 | 523% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 12% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 11 | 161 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 10 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 10 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 10 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Pimephales | 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 GA0026786.
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 15, 2026.