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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0021156

COLEY CREEK WWTP, Alexander City, AL: NPDES AL0021156 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COLEY CREEK WWTP, held by City of Alexander City, holds NPDES permit AL0021156. EPA’s file records it issued August 25, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 filedCOLEY CREEK WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Alexander City
NPDES IDAL0021156
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 25, 2015
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2020
AddressAlexander City, AL 35010
SubwatershedJay Bird Creek (HUC 031501090802)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]62010July 31, 2016229% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general064November 30, 2006140% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual254August 31, 201210,100% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]10182November 30, 199933% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]6112September 30, 201045% over the limit
pH6151March 31, 2006
Chloroform211June 30, 201352% over the limit
Solids, total suspended10140
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant480
Phosphorus, total [as P]670
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]660
E. coli460
Oil & Grease260
Mercury, total recoverable220
Copper, total recoverable020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal110
Solids, suspended percent removal110
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]010
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0021156.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0021156 for COLEY CREEK WWTP, held by City of Alexander City, and lists its status as administratively continued, with a Major Discharger class. The page shows 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it records the permit's issue and expiration dates as August 25, 2015 and August 31, 2020.