Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0046761
TENSAW SHORES WWTP, Bay Minette, AL: NPDES AL0046761 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TENSAW SHORES WWTP, held by Tensaw Island Land Owners Asso, holds NPDES permit AL0046761. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 | TENSAW SHORES WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tensaw Island Land Owners Asso |
| NPDES ID | AL0046761 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 17, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Bay Minette, AL 36507 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | The Basin (HUC 031602040203) |
| 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
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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] | 4 | 166 | 70 | July 31, 2017 | 1,333% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 207 | 51 | November 30, 2006 | 12,996% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 224 | 42 | November 30, 2015 | 1,000% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 41 | 17 | January 31, 2008 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 37 | 15 | December 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 54 | 8 | June 30, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 38 | 8 | December 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 11 | 5 | December 31, 2016 | 1,043% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 27 | 1 | June 30, 2009 | 9% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 14 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 14 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 13 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 13 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Cyprinodon variegatus | 0 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 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 AL0046761.
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.