Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0058394
SPRING BRANCH WWTP, Huntsville, AL: NPDES AL0058394 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPRING BRANCH WWTP, held by City of Huntsville, holds NPDES permit AL0058394. EPA’s file records it issued November 19, 2015 and expiring November 30, 2020. 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 | SPRING BRANCH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Huntsville |
| NPDES ID | AL0058394 |
| 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 19, 2015 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2020 |
| Address | Huntsville, AL 35802 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Huntsville Spring Branch (HUC 060300020503) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000029405 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 8 | 8 | March 31, 2008 | 91% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 7 | May 31, 2009 | 200% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 6 | July 31, 2005 | 9,448% over the limit |
| E. coli | 7 | 5 | 5 | October 31, 2022 | 149% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2004 | 33% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 11 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2002 | 28% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 72% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0058394.
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.