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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0043044

MOUNT HOPE SCHOOL LAGOON, Mount Hope, AL: NPDES AL0043044 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MOUNT HOPE SCHOOL LAGOON, held by Lawrence County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit AL0043044. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 filedMOUNT HOPE SCHOOL LAGOON
Permittee as filedLawrence County Board of Education
NPDES IDAL0043044
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 24, 2019
Expiration dateJune 30, 2024
AddressMount Hope, AL 35651
SubwatershedUpper Town Creek (HUC 060300050302)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]88145February 28, 2015434% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]43113April 30, 2008225% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8335September 30, 2005132% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal195February 28, 2007183% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general0104August 31, 2008900% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]152June 30, 202157% over the limit
pH271February 28, 2006
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal151February 28, 2007220% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4100
Phosphorus, total [as P]4100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Chlorine, total residual250
E. coli400

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 AL0043044.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0043044 for the Mount Hope School Lagoon in Mount Hope, AL, held by the Lawrence County Board of Education, with a permit status of administratively continued. The page lists 14 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 13 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.