Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0071501

SHELBY RIDGE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Chelsea, AL: NPDES AL0071501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
18Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SHELBY RIDGE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Shelby Ridge Utility Systems, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0071501. EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2021 and expiring October 31, 2026. 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 filed	SHELBY RIDGE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Shelby Ridge Utility Systems, LLC
NPDES ID	AL0071501
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 28, 2021
Expiration date	October 31, 2026
Address	Chelsea, AL 35043
Subwatershed	North Fork Yellowleaf Creek (HUC 031501070201)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

23Pollutants on file
18Under a numeric limit
17With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	14	95	81	August 31, 2024	3,540% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	26	106	32	August 31, 2024	312% over the limit
E. coli	14	17	12	October 31, 2024	1,377% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	9	6	August 31, 2020	40% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	26	68	2	December 31, 2003	260% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	13	1	August 31, 2006	52% over the limit
Turbidity	0	1	1	March 31, 2005
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	8	50	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	14	26	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	0	20	0
pH	10	18	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	14	6	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	14	6	0
Chlorine, total residual	6	2	0
Oil & Grease	2	2	0
Oil and grease	0	2	0
Mercury, total recoverable	0	2	0
Zinc, total recoverable	6	0	0
Copper, total recoverable	6	0	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	3	0	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	3	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	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 AL0071501.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0071501 for the Shelby Ridge Water Reclamation Facility in Chelsea, AL, held by Shelby Ridge Utility Systems, LLC, with the permit listed as Effective and issued October 28, 2021, expiring October 31, 2026. The page lists 23 pollutants on file, 18 under a numeric limit, 17 with a violation of any kind, and 7 with an effluent exceedance.