Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023655
VALLEY CREEK WRF, Bessemer, AL: NPDES AL0023655 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VALLEY CREEK WRF, held by Jefferson County Commission Environmental Services Department, holds NPDES permit AL0023655. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2017 and expiring September 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 | VALLEY CREEK WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Jefferson County Commission Environmental Services Department |
| NPDES ID | AL0023655 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 25, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Bessemer, AL 35023 |
| Subwatershed | Five Mile Creek-Valley Creek (HUC 031601120102) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107301065 |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 24 | 8 | July 31, 2011 | 936% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2018 | 193% over the limit |
| E. coli | 7 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2026 | 374% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 26 | 1 | October 31, 2005 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 60 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 15 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 11 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 7 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 AL0023655.
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.