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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0069027

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY - ELMORE COMPRESSOR STATION, Elmore, AL: NPDES AL0069027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY - ELMORE COMPRESSOR STATION, held by Southern Natural Gas Company, holds NPDES permit AL0069027. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 filedSOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY - ELMORE COMPRESSOR STATION
Permittee as filedSouthern Natural Gas Company
NPDES IDAL0069027
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 29, 2016
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2021
AddressElmore, AL 36025
SubwatershedLower Mortar creek (HUC 031502010103)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD084957398

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH281March 31, 2020
Oil and grease050
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140
Solids, total suspended130
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]130
Oil & Grease110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0069027.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0069027, held by Southern Natural Gas Company for its Elmore Compressor Station in Elmore, AL, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The facts show 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and the permit was issued July 29, 2016 and expired July 31, 2021.