Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0047236
FITZGERALD WATER, LIGHT & BOND COMMISSION (C.A. NEWCOMER), Fitzgerald, GA: NPDES GA0047236 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FITZGERALD WATER, LIGHT & BOND COMMISSION (C.A. NEWCOMER), held by FITZGERALD CA NEWCOMER, holds NPDES permit GA0047236. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2010 and expiring August 31, 2015. 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 | FITZGERALD WATER, LIGHT & BOND COMMISSION (C.A. NEWCOMER) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FITZGERALD CA NEWCOMER |
| NPDES ID | GA0047236 |
| 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 | September 1, 2010 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2015 |
| Address | Fitzgerald, GA 31750 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Turnpike Creek (HUC 030701050302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 24 | 24 | December 31, 1997 | 500% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 25 | 16 | 16 | June 30, 2024 | 310% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 13 | 8 | 8 | May 31, 2025 | 43% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 6 | 6 | December 31, 1997 | 147% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 1989 | 26% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 1993 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 1991 | 4% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 50% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 50% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 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 GA0047236.
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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