Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0031372

SCOTTSBORO SOUTHSIDE WWTP, Scottsboro, AL: NPDES AL0031372 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SCOTTSBORO SOUTHSIDE WWTP, held by Scottsboro Water, Sewer, and Gas Board, holds NPDES permit AL0031372. EPA’s file records it issued August 25, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	SCOTTSBORO SOUTHSIDE WWTP
Permittee as filed	Scottsboro Water, Sewer, and Gas Board
NPDES ID	AL0031372
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	August 25, 2015
Expiration date	August 31, 2020
Address	Scottsboro, AL 35769
Subwatershed	Roseberry Creek (HUC 060300010603)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

20Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
14With a violation of any kind
8With 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	58	52	August 31, 2015	15,850% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	14	11	March 31, 2004	83% over the limit
E. coli	6	9	9	September 30, 2024	586% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	18	32	8	January 31, 2017	172% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	11	8	January 31, 2017	56% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	26	2	May 31, 2004	142% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	7	2	March 31, 2004	100% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	2	1	1	February 29, 2020	23% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	10	20	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	10	20	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	10	20	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	10	17	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	0	12	0
pH	8	7	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	18	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	2	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 AL0031372.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0031372 for the SCOTTSBORO SOUTHSIDE WWTP in Scottsboro, AL, held by Scottsboro Water, Sewer, and Gas Board, a Major Discharger under an individual permit administratively continued past its expiration. The page lists 20 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit, 14 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.