Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0021351

STEVENSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, Stevenson, AL: NPDES AL0021351 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

STEVENSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, held by Stevenson Utilities Board, holds NPDES permit AL0021351. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022.

STEVENSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, Stevenson, Alabama: Individual permit AL0021351, held by Stevenson Utilities Board; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 26, 2017, term to July 31, 2022; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 79 violations of any kind, 79 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 567% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 34 violations of any kind, 34 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2024, largest 611% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2018.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 32 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022, largest 281% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 0 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 15 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2012, largest 266% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 112% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2020, largest 43% over the limit.
E. coli: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 99,999% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 131 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2012, largest 49% over the limit.
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2009, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 130 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2022, largest 14% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2010, largest 25% over the limit.
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2007, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 6, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Alabama holds 397 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 172 were issued before AL0021351.

Coverages issued nearest AL0021351

May 23, 2017: NORTH MOBILE COUNTY WWTP, Mount Vernon, AL0080225, held by Town of Mount Vernon
May 24, 2017: DOTHAN OMUSSEE CREEK WWTP, Dothan, AL0022764, held by City of Dothan
May 24, 2017: MT. NEBO WWTP, Tuskegee, AL0047236, held by Macon County Commission
May 24, 2017: H.C. MORGAN WPCF, Auburn, AL0050237, held by City of Auburn
June 26, 2017: ALICEVILLE EAST LAGOON, Aliceville, AL0020770, held by Water Works & Sewer Board of the City of Aliceville
June 27, 2017: RED EAGLE HONOR FARM, Montgomery, AL0051403, held by Clearwater Solutions, LLC
June 27, 2017: NORTH CHOCTAW WWTP, Lisman, AL0073270, held by North Choctaw Water & Sewer Authority
July 31, 2017: MOULTON WWTP, Moulton, AL0020672, held by City of Moulton
July 31, 2017: GOODWATER LAGOON, Goodwater, AL0023582, held by City of Goodwater Water and Sewer Board
July 31, 2017: WESTERN AREA WWTP, Madison, AL0049531, held by City of Huntsville

STEVENSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Lower Big Coon Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300010307), AL0021351 among them. Its county holds 130, 2 of them major permits; AL0021351 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Big Coon Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300010307)

B AND B RECYCLING LLC, Stevenson: ALG180806, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
CR137 CHERT PIT, Stevenson: ALG890835, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2028
KIRKPATRICK CONCRETE, INC. - STEVENSON PLANT, Stevenson: ALG110479, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
SOUTHERN CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC., Stevenson: ALR10B118, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
WESTROCK CP, LLC, Stevenson: ALG060506, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2017
WESTROCK CP, LLC, Stevenson: ALG141038, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017

Identity

Facility as filed	STEVENSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON
Permittee as filed	Stevenson Utilities Board
NPDES ID	AL0021351
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 26, 2017
Expiration date	July 31, 2022
Address	Stevenson, AL 35772
Subwatershed	Lower Big Coon Creek (HUC 060300010307)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

18Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
18With a violation of any kind
13With 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
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	79	79	March 31, 2026	567% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	34	34	March 31, 2024	611% over the limit
pH	2	49	17	May 31, 2018
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	32	16	December 31, 2022	281% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	31	15	April 30, 2012	266% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	77	13	April 30, 2025	112% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	7	6	August 31, 2020	43% over the limit
E. coli	4	5	5	December 31, 2023	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	131	3	January 31, 2012	49% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	0	5	3	February 28, 2009	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	130	2	January 31, 2022	14% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	5	1	March 31, 2010	25% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	3	1	November 30, 2007	99,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	32	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	8	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	8	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	8	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0021351.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 6, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0021351.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0021351 for the STEVENSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON in Stevenson, AL, held by Stevenson Utilities Board, with a status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class. The page lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 13 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.