Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAP050252
HOWARD SHEPPARD, INC., Garden City, GA: NPDES GAP050252 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOWARD SHEPPARD, INC., held by Howard Sheppard, Inc., holds NPDES permit GAP050252. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2013 and expiring September 30, 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 | HOWARD SHEPPARD, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Howard Sheppard, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | GAP050252 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 30, 2013 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2018 |
| Address | Garden City, GA 31408 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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, total suspended | 0 | 22 | 18 | March 31, 2022 | 1,133% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 14 | 10 | November 30, 2021 | 173% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & grease, non-polar material | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 6 | 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 GAP050252.
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.