Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0027146
MILLER STEAM PLANT, Quinton, AL: NPDES AL0027146 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MILLER STEAM PLANT, held by AL POWER CO MILLER STEAM PLT, holds NPDES permit AL0027146, which discharges to Village Creek Locust Fork. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2007 and expiring January 31, 2012. 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 | MILLER STEAM PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AL POWER CO MILLER STEAM PLT |
| NPDES ID | AL0027146 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 25, 2007 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2012 |
| Address | Quinton, AL 35130 |
| Receiving water | VILLAGE CREEK LOCUST FORK |
| Subwatershed | Lower Wolf Creek (HUC 031601090503) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000615658; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300011 |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2024 | 21% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 150% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 688% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2025 | 91% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 28 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total residual ooxidant-discharge time | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 AL0027146.
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.