Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0052311
UPPER BEAR CREEK WTP, Bear Creek, AL: NPDES AL0052311 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UPPER BEAR CREEK WTP, held by Upper Bear Creek Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District, holds NPDES permit AL0052311. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2020 and expiring July 31, 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 filed | UPPER BEAR CREEK WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Upper Bear Creek Water, Sewer & Fire Protection District |
| NPDES ID | AL0052311 |
| 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 | July 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Address | Bear Creek, AL 35543 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bear Creek-Bluff Creek (HUC 060300060103) |
| NAICS | 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, acid soluble | 0 | 35 | 25 | February 29, 2008 | 453% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 25 | 3 | January 31, 2015 | 365% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 43 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 43 | 1 | July 31, 2014 | 40% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 35 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | 809% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 18 | 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 AL0052311.
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.