Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0002879
BARRY STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, Bucks, AL: NPDES AL0002879 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 43Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BARRY STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, held by Alabama Power Company, holds NPDES permit AL0002879. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BARRY STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alabama Power Company |
| NPDES ID | AL0002879 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial pretreatment |
| Issued | December 9, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Bucks, AL 36512 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Big Chippewa Lake (HUC 031602040106) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD082148800; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109701001 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 50Pollutants on file
- 43Under a numeric limit
- 35With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 21 | 19 | September 30, 2003 | 22,400% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 10 | 3 | April 30, 2008 | 3% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2004 | 100% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 6 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 4,400% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 3 | 8 | 1 | September 30, 1999 | 23% over the limit |
| Chlorination duration | 4 | 4 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 200% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 30% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 33 | 25 | 0 | ||
| pH | 20 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hydrazine | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, trivalent dissolved | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual Certification Statement | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Discharge as % of Volume | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0002879.
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 October 14, 2026.