Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0020486
TALLASSEE SEWER STABILIZATION POND, Tallassee, AL: NPDES AL0020486 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TALLASSEE SEWER STABILIZATION POND, held by City of Tallassee, holds NPDES permit AL0020486. EPA’s file records it issued April 30, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2026. 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 | TALLASSEE SEWER STABILIZATION POND |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Tallassee |
| NPDES ID | AL0020486 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 30, 2021 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2026 |
| Address | Tallassee, AL 36078 |
| Subwatershed | Graveyard Creek-Mill Creek (HUC 031501100406) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 8 | 99 | 97 | July 31, 2026 | 5,345% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 56 | 55 | March 31, 2025 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 55 | 55 | September 30, 2024 | 240% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 37 | 27 | July 31, 2024 | 118% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 24 | 20 | November 30, 2025 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 19 | 17 | September 30, 2009 | 682% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 21 | 13 | June 30, 2026 | 361% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 8 | January 31, 2024 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 13 | 5 | June 30, 2022 | 47% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 5 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 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 AL0020486.
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.