Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050121
SHEFFIELD WWTP, Sheffield, AL: NPDES AL0050121 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SHEFFIELD WWTP, held by Sheffield Utilities, holds NPDES permit AL0050121. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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 | SHEFFIELD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sheffield Utilities |
| NPDES ID | AL0050121 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 25, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Sheffield, AL 35660 |
| Subwatershed | Coffee Slough-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050808) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALN941020000 |
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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 39 | 30 | January 31, 2006 | 2,275% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 18 | 15 | January 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 13 | 12 | January 31, 2006 | 567% over the limit |
| E. coli | 5 | 11 | 10 | August 31, 2025 | 2,340% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 11 | 2 | October 31, 2012 | 2,128% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2012 | 72% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2007 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2012 | 33% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2003 | 222% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2001 | 12% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0050121.
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.