Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAJ020066
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (UNICOI STATE PARK WPCP), Helen, GA: NPDES GAJ020066 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (UNICOI STATE PARK WPCP), held by Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), holds NPDES permit GAJ020066. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2013 and expiring February 28, 2018. 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 | GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (UNICOI STATE PARK WPCP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) |
| NPDES ID | GAJ020066 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 25, 2013 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2018 |
| Address | Helen, GA 30545 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Brasstown Creek (HUC 060200020302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 3 | 61 | 1 | October 31, 2017 | 30% over the limit |
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 10 | 360 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 240 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 10 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Spray irrigation, application rate | 2 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 7 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 24 | 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 GAJ020066.
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.