Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0038059
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (SMARR ENERGY FACILITY), Forsyth, GA: NPDES GA0038059 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (SMARR ENERGY FACILITY), held by Oglethorpe Power Corporation, holds NPDES permit GA0038059. EPA’s file records it issued June 10, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 | OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (SMARR ENERGY FACILITY) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Oglethorpe Power Corporation |
| NPDES ID | GA0038059 |
| 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 | June 10, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Forsyth, GA 31029 |
| Subwatershed | Cole Creek-Tobesofkee Creek (HUC 030701031401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0038059.
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 GA0038059.
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 15, 2026.