Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0061247
PORT OF DECATUR, Decatur, AL: NPDES AL0061247 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PORT OF DECATUR, held by PARKER TOWING COMPANY, INC, holds NPDES permit AL0061247. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2016 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 | PORT OF DECATUR |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PARKER TOWING COMPANY, INC |
| NPDES ID | AL0061247 |
| 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 |
| Issued | January 26, 2016 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Decatur, AL 35601 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bakers Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300021102) |
| SIC | 4491 – Marine Cargo Handling |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALN970716000; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000110300050 |
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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease | 0 | 12 | 1 | December 31, 2011 | 5% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 2 | 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 AL0061247.
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.