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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0046744

FOUNTAIN/HOLMAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Atmore, AL: NPDES AL0046744 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FOUNTAIN/HOLMAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, held by West Escambia Utilities, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0046744. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filedFOUNTAIN/HOLMAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Permittee as filedWest Escambia Utilities, Inc.
NPDES IDAL0046744
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 28, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
AddressAtmore, AL 36504
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALN970828000

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

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
Solids, suspended percent removal18845April 30, 2011186% over the limit
pH212537August 31, 2011
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal17431May 31, 2010567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended836115April 30, 201189% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]83475February 28, 20061,722% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01084August 31, 2003300% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable233July 31, 2022155% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia133July 31, 20252,147,483,650% over the limit
E. coli411June 30, 201325% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]41130
Phosphorus, total [as P]4930
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4900
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4890
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2870
Chlorine, total residual2310
Mercury, total recoverable240
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]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 AL0046744.

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 NPDES permit AL0046744 for the Fountain/Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, AL, held by West Escambia Utilities, Inc., with the permit listed as Effective and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 17 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.