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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0050324

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY - ICI WASHINGTON COUNTY MINES, Deepstep, GA: NPDES GA0050324 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY - ICI WASHINGTON COUNTY MINES, held by Thiele Kaolin Company, holds NPDES permit GA0050324. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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.

What the register holds for THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY - ICI WASHINGTON COUNTY MINES: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Deepstep, Georgia, and 10 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GA0050324.

Identity

Facility as filedTHIELE KAOLIN COMPANY - ICI WASHINGTON COUNTY MINES
Permittee as filedThiele Kaolin Company
NPDES IDGA0050324
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 1, 2022
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
AddressDeepstep, GA 31082
SubwatershedDeepstep Creek-Buffalo Creek (HUC 030701020305)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Cadmium, total [as Cd]1600
Copper, total [as Cu]1600
Zinc, total [as Zn]1600
Selenium, total [as Se]1600
pH800
Solids, total suspended800
Oil & Grease800
Phosphorus, total [as P]800
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant800
Turbidity200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GA0050324.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0050324.

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.