Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0034584
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (CEDAR CREEK WPCP), Athens, GA: NPDES GA0034584 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (CEDAR CREEK WPCP), held by Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, holds NPDES permit GA0034584. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 | ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (CEDAR CREEK WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County |
| NPDES ID | GA0034584 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 14, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Address | Athens, GA 30605 |
| Subwatershed | Millstone Creek-Broad River (HUC 030601040602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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, percent removal | 2 | 179 | 178 | April 30, 2010 | 333% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 61 | 60 | March 31, 2009 | 127% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 23 | 15 | March 31, 2009 | 297% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 14 | 11 | February 28, 2006 | 63% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 16 | 10 | November 30, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 15 | 9 | May 31, 2009 | 123% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 11 | 3 | March 31, 2009 | 46% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2011 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 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 GA0034584.
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.