Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0054666
CITY OF PELHAM WWTP, Pelham, AL: NPDES AL0054666 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF PELHAM WWTP, held by City of Pelham, holds NPDES permit AL0054666. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring November 30, 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 | CITY OF PELHAM WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Pelham |
| NPDES ID | AL0054666 |
| 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 | November 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Pelham, AL 35124 |
| Subwatershed | Prairie Brook-Buck Creek (HUC 031502020203) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, 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
- 19With 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] | 9 | 16 | 11 | February 29, 2020 | 1,010% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 12 | 6 | March 31, 2012 | 15% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 9 | 10 | 4 | February 29, 2020 | 89% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 9 | 4 | June 30, 2009 | 84% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 12 | 3 | June 30, 2023 | 270% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | 77% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | 3% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 AL0054666.
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.