Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0072290

THEODORE COGENERATION FACILITY, Theodore, AL: NPDES AL0072290 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

THEODORE COGENERATION FACILITY, held by Alabama Power Company, holds NPDES permit AL0072290. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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	THEODORE COGENERATION FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Alabama Power Company
NPDES ID	AL0072290
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	December 23, 2014
Expiration date	December 31, 2019
Address	Theodore, AL 36582
Subwatershed	Deer River (HUC 031602050105)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109708073

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	2	60
Chromium, total recoverable	2	41
Zinc, total recoverable	2	40
Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time]	0	38
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	34
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	1	30
Solids, total suspended	3	9
Oil and grease	3	9
Chlorine, total residual	2	9
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	4
Priority Pollutants	1	1
Chlorination duration	1	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0072290.

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 AL0072290.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AL0072290 for the Theodore Cogeneration Facility in Theodore, AL, held by Alabama Power Company, with a permit status of administratively continued and a Minor discharger class. The facts list 12 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.