Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0072788

LINDSAY HILL GENERATING STATION, Billingsley, AL: NPDES AL0072788 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LINDSAY HILL GENERATING STATION, held by Tenaska Alabama Partners, LP, holds NPDES permit AL0072788. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 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	LINDSAY HILL GENERATING STATION
Permittee as filed	Tenaska Alabama Partners, LP
NPDES ID	AL0072788
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 1, 2021
Expiration date	October 31, 2026
Issuing agency	State
Address	Billingsley, AL 36006
Subwatershed	Upper Little Mulberry Creek (HUC 031502010902)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000025072

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Solids, total suspended	3	10	2	May 31, 2008	353% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	7	2	April 30, 2026	1,882% over the limit
Oil and grease	0	9	1	March 31, 2009	133% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	1	6	1	August 31, 2007	1% over the limit
Oil & Grease	3	1	1	December 31, 2016	187% over the limit
pH	6	20	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	10	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	7	0
Priority Pollutants	1	5	0
Solids, total dissolved	0	5	0
Chlorination duration	0	5	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	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 AL0072788.

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 discharge permit NPDES AL0072788 for LINDSAY HILL GENERATING STATION in Billingsley, AL, held by Tenaska Alabama Partners, LP, with a status of Effective and a Minor Discharger class. The facts list 13 pollutants on file, 10 under a numeric limit, 11 with a violation of any kind, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.