Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0049042
FOLEY WWTP, Foley, AL: NPDES AL0049042 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOLEY WWTP, held by The Utilities Board of the City of Foley, holds NPDES permit AL0049042. EPA’s file records it issued October 27, 2022 and expiring October 31, 2027. 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 | FOLEY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Utilities Board of the City of Foley |
| NPDES ID | AL0049042 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 27, 2022 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Foley, AL 36535 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sandy Creek-Wolf Creek (HUC 031401070201) |
| 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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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] | 9 | 17 | 9 | May 31, 2022 | 321% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 9 | 13 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | 26% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 6 | 4 | July 31, 2006 | 900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 18 | 2 | June 30, 2006 | 236% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | 92% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2016 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 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 AL0049042.
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.