Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0002909
GORGAS STEAM PLANT, Parrish, AL: NPDES AL0002909 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GORGAS STEAM PLANT, held by Alabama Power Company, holds NPDES permit AL0002909. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027. 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 | GORGAS STEAM PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alabama Power Company |
| NPDES ID | AL0002909 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 28, 2022 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Parrish, AL 35580 |
| Subwatershed | Baker Creek-Mulberry Fork (HUC 031601090604) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000615567; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112700001 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 26With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 51 | 1 | July 31, 2008 | 2% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 46 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, trivalent dissolved | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 AL0002909.
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.