Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0021458
PINECREST LAGOON, Childersburg, AL: NPDES AL0021458 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PINECREST LAGOON, held by Childersburg Water Works, Sewer, and Gas Board, holds NPDES permit AL0021458. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. 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 | PINECREST LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Childersburg Water Works, Sewer, and Gas Board |
| NPDES ID | AL0021458 |
| 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 | April 27, 2017 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Childersburg, AL 35044 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Talledega Creek (HUC 031501060703) |
| 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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 66 | 38 | March 31, 2025 | 104% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 31 | 31 | February 28, 2026 | 185% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 24 | 21 | March 31, 2025 | 207% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 18 | 15 | November 30, 2025 | 149% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 3 | February 29, 2016 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 26 | 2 | October 31, 2010 | 18% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], 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 AL0021458.
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.