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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0041653

RIVERCHASE WWTP, Hoover, AL: NPDES AL0041653 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RIVERCHASE WWTP, held by City of Hoover, holds NPDES permit AL0041653. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 filedRIVERCHASE WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Hoover
NPDES IDAL0041653
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 28, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressHoover, AL 35244
SubwatershedPatton Creek-Cahaba River (HUC 031502020204)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]11114107May 31, 20142,025% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]116254October 31, 20134,150% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]153827November 30, 2009612% over the limit
Solids, total suspended112615November 30, 20091,050% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01614August 31, 20089,439% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal143July 31, 200898% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]1192July 31, 201550% over the limit
E. coli741September 30, 201310% over the limit
pH890
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]770
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant550
Phosphate, ortho [as P]040
Oil & Grease330
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia120
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]120
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]210
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal110
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]010
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]010
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]010
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]010
Methylene blue active substances010
Solids, total dissolved010
Copper, total recoverable200
Chlorine, total residual200
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]100

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 AL0041653.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0041653 for RIVERCHASE WWTP in Hoover, AL, held by City of Hoover, with the permit's status shown as administratively continued and its classification as a major discharger. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.