Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0054674
HARTSELLE UTILITIES WWTP, Hartselle, AL: NPDES AL0054674 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HARTSELLE UTILITIES WWTP, held by HARTSELLE WWTP CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AL0054674, which discharges to Shoal Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2003 and expiring February 29, 2008. 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 | HARTSELLE UTILITIES WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HARTSELLE WWTP CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AL0054674 |
| 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 | February 3, 2003 |
| Expiration date | February 29, 2008 |
| Address | Hartselle, AL 35640 |
| Receiving water | SHOAL CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sleighton Branch-Shoal Creek (HUC 060300021005) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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] | 8 | 37 | 9 | January 31, 2024 | 131% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 59 | 3 | May 31, 2006 | 37% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 4 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 17 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 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 AL0054674.
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 September 15, 2026.