Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0042765
RAINSVILLE WWTP, Rainsville, AL: NPDES AL0042765 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RAINSVILLE WWTP, held by City of Rainsville, holds NPDES permit AL0042765. EPA’s file records it issued February 23, 2023 and expiring February 29, 2028. 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 | RAINSVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Rainsville |
| NPDES ID | AL0042765 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 23, 2023 |
| Expiration date | February 29, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Rainsville, AL 35986 |
| Subwatershed | Upper South Sauty Creek (HUC 060300010503) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 74 | 28 | August 31, 2022 | 580% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 25 | 21 | August 31, 2010 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 118 | 12 | August 31, 2010 | 87% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 116 | 8 | June 30, 2016 | 208% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 25 | 4 | November 30, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 15 | 4 | January 31, 2010 | 153% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 18 | 3 | April 30, 2023 | 99% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 30 | 1 | May 31, 2007 | 20% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2022 | 14% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 54 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, 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 AL0042765.
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.