Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003875
WIDOWS CREEK FACILITY, Stevenson, AL: NPDES AL0003875 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WIDOWS CREEK FACILITY, held by Tennessee Valley Authority, holds NPDES permit AL0003875. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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 | WIDOWS CREEK FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| NPDES ID | AL0003875 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | July 30, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Stevenson, AL 35772 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Widows Creek (HUC 060300010204) |
| NAICS | 221118 – Other Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler AL8640006690 |
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
- 32Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 22 | 36 | 6 | January 31, 2009 | |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 28 | 3 | February 28, 2010 | 225% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 28 | 1 | January 31, 2009 | 49,900% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 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 AL0003875.
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.