Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0072729
STEELE LAGOON, Steele, AL: NPDES AL0072729 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STEELE LAGOON, held by Town of Steele, holds NPDES permit AL0072729. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 | STEELE LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Steele |
| NPDES ID | AL0072729 |
| 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 | December 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Address | Steele, AL 35987 |
| 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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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] | 4 | 81 | 26 | July 31, 2023 | 181% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 46 | 23 | June 30, 2014 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 25 | 14 | December 31, 2018 | 694% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 24 | 13 | June 30, 2014 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 22 | 12 | February 28, 2017 | 825% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 121 | 9 | June 30, 2014 | 210% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 7 | 7 | March 31, 2020 | 1,962% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 115 | 4 | September 30, 2023 | 311% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 47 | 4 | January 31, 2014 | 105% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 25 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 46% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 4 | 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 AL0072729.
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.