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Utilities issues across Northeast Georgia

172 current issues

Each card is a tracked matter with its status, latest step, and evidence. Order follows the shared current briefing, then recent activity.

IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

EPD proposes reissuing wastewater discharge permit for Fulton County's Camp Creek facility

The facility discharges up to 24 million gallons a day of treated wastewater into the Chattahoochee River, and state regulators are reviewing renewal of its discharge permit.

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October 6, 2026: NPDES permit reissuance for Fulton County's Camp Creek Water Reclamation Facility discharging to the Chattahoochee River
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

Georgia EPD proposes reissuing wastewater discharge permit for Leary plant

The permit would let the City of Leary's treatment plant keep discharging treated wastewater into Keel Creek, a waterway residents and the environment downstream depend on.

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October 6, 2026: NPDES permit reissuance for City of Leary's Leary Water Pollution Control Plant discharging to Keel Creek
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

EPD proposes reissuing discharge permit for Vogel State Park water plant

The permit would let the park's wastewater plant keep discharging treated effluent into Wolf Creek, a stream residents and recreational users rely on in the area.

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October 6, 2026: NPDES permit reissuance for Georgia DNR's Vogel State Park Water Pollution Control Plant discharging to Wolf Creek
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

EPD proposes reissuing wastewater discharge permit for Clarkesville plant

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division is considering renewing the permit that lets Clarkesville's Water Pollution Control Plant discharge treated wastewater into the Soque River.

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October 6, 2026: NPDES permit reissuance for City of Clarkesville's Clarkesville Water Pollution Control Plant discharging to the Soque River
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

Georgia EPD proposes reissuing water discharge permit for CEMEX's Clinchfield cement plant

The permit would let the Houston County cement plant and quarry keep discharging treated wastewater into Limestone Creek and Okeetuck Creek.

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October 6, 2026: NPDES permit reissuance for CEMEX Southeast's Clinchfield cement plant discharging to Limestone Creek and Okeetuck Creek
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

EPD proposes reissuing discharge permit for Ideal's wastewater plant

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division is considering renewing the permit that lets the City of Ideal's water pollution control plant discharge treated wastewater into a Cedar Creek tributary.

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October 6, 2026: NPDES permit reissuance for City of Ideal's Ideal Water Pollution Control Plant discharging to an unnamed tributary of Cedar Creek
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

Georgia EPD drops turbine monitoring conditions after requiring NOx emissions monitors

The state air permit now relies on continuous NOx monitoring instead of earlier compliance-monitoring conditions on the plant's combustion turbine and duct burner stacks.

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September 29, 2026: Removal of CAM Plan monitoring conditions 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.10 and 5.2.11 (turbines exempt due to NOx CEMS)
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

Georgia EPD approves higher wastewater discharge limits for Hyundai Metaplant, denies requests for stricter permit terms

The state's decision raises how much wastewater the Hyundai Metaplant's pretreatment facility can discharge, while rejecting calls to deny the permit or add PFAS and extra…

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September 29, 2026: Removal of references to City of Savannah Travis Field WRF, which no longer receives wastewater from North Bryan WRF
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

Georgia EPD drafts Title V air permit renewal for Thomas A. Smith Energy Facility, would revoke prior permits

The draft permit for the Oglethorpe Power Corporation facility near Dalton would fold in and revoke the plant's existing air quality permits and amendments…

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September 29, 2026: Title V Renewal Permit review for Thomas A. Smith Energy Facility (TV-938555)
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No next step has been documented.
IssueFranklin Countyunder consideration

Franklin County discusses relocating waterline at Highway 106 and Cromer's Bridge Road

The county water line sits inside state right-of-way for a state bridge replacement and widening, so its relocation could affect water service in the area.

Latest and next
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September 29, 2026: Highway 106 waterline relocation at Cromer's Bridge Road for state bridge replacement and widening
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No next step has been documented.

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