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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024619

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, Columbia, AL: NPDES AL0024619 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, held by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, holds NPDES permit AL0024619. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2024 and expiring March 31, 2029. 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 filedJOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT
Permittee as filedSouthern Nuclear Operating Company
NPDES IDAL0024619
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 25, 2024
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2029
Issuing agencyState
AddressColumbia, AL 36319
SubwatershedJackson Creek-Cedar Creek (HUC 031300040701)
NAICS221113 – Nuclear Electric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD000615583

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

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
E. coli071March 31, 20263% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia011December 31, 20212,147,483,650% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant02420
Solids, total suspended0940
pH0860
Chromium, total [as Cr]0840
Chlorine, total residual0780
Oil and grease0680
Zinc, total [as Zn]0660
Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time]0510
Chlorine, free available0480
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit0320
Hydrazine0220
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0180
Coliform, fecal general0160
Copper, total [as Cu]0140
Iron, total [as Fe]0140
Boron, total [as B]020

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 AL0024619.

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 Clean Water Act NPDES permit AL0024619 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant in Columbia, AL, held by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, with a status of Effective and a Major Discharger class. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.