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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0071056

BELLAMY LAGOON, Bellamy, AL: NPDES AL0071056 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BELLAMY LAGOON, held by Sumter County Commission, holds NPDES permit AL0071056. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2016 and expiring March 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 filedBELLAMY LAGOON
Permittee as filedSumter County Commission
NPDES IDAL0071056
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 22, 2016
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2021
AddressBellamy, AL 36901
SubwatershedFourth Creek-Sucarnoochee River (HUC 031602020702)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]822652August 31, 2025260% over the limit
Solids, total suspended821652May 31, 2024391% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal04430December 31, 2009186% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general05426September 30, 20082,100% over the limit
E. coli43121March 31, 202676,090% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]43515December 31, 2021166% over the limit
pH25210December 31, 2025
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal02710December 31, 2009186% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2420
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4160
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4160
Phosphorus, total [as P]4160
Chlorine, total residual150
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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 AL0071056.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AL0071056 for BELLAMY LAGOON in Bellamy, AL, held by Sumter County Commission, with its permit status listed as administratively continued and its subwatershed given as Fourth Creek-Sucarnoochee River (HUC 031602020702). The page lists 14 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, 13 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.