Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0053228
OWENS CROSS ROADS WWTP, Owens Cross Roads, AL: NPDES AL0053228 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OWENS CROSS ROADS WWTP, held by City of Owens Cross Roads, holds NPDES permit AL0053228. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2020 and expiring March 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 | OWENS CROSS ROADS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Owens Cross Roads |
| NPDES ID | AL0053228 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 18, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763 |
| Subwatershed | Yellow Bank Creek-Flint River (HUC 060300020405) |
| 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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 196 | 3 | December 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 95 | 2 | October 31, 2006 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 744 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 392 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 372 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 352 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 236 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 232 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 232 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 190 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 186 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 94 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 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 AL0053228.
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.