Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0053619
SECTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, Section, AL: NPDES AL0053619 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SECTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON, held by SECTION TOWN OF WWT LAGOON, holds NPDES permit AL0053619, which discharges to Un Trib To Tennessee River. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2006 and expiring December 31, 2011. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SECTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SECTION TOWN OF WWT LAGOON |
| NPDES ID | AL0053619 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 20, 2006 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2011 |
| Address | Section, AL 35771 |
| Receiving water | UN TRIB TO TENNESSEE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Upper Guntersville Lake (HUC 060300010606) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 63 | 27 | July 31, 2014 | 271% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 20 | 10 | July 31, 2014 | 39% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 16 | 10 | December 31, 2013 | 694% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 28 | 6 | March 31, 2014 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 75 | 3 | April 30, 2010 | 76% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 15 | 3 | September 30, 2011 | 57% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 73 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 9% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 13 | 1 | March 31, 2014 | 25% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 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 AL0053619.
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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