Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0061573
SYCAMORE WWTP, Sycamore, AL: NPDES AL0061573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SYCAMORE WWTP, held by Sycamore Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit AL0061573. EPA’s file records it issued November 28, 2016 and expiring December 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 | SYCAMORE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sycamore Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | AL0061573 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Address | Sycamore, AL 35149 |
| Subwatershed | Emauhee Creek (HUC 031501070101) |
| Program components on file | 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 8 | 209 | 39 | November 30, 2016 | 833% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 38 | 26 | August 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 51 | 23 | July 31, 2024 | 1,962% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 10 | 7 | March 31, 2006 | 205% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 89 | 5 | March 31, 2025 | 595% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 41 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | 6,216% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 173 | 3 | January 31, 2016 | 42% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 3 | March 31, 2006 | 507% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 22 | 2 | August 31, 2016 | 49% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 40 | 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 AL0061573.
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.