Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0073555
H. ALLEN FRANKLIN COMBINED-CYCLE PLANT, Smiths, AL: NPDES AL0073555 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
H. ALLEN FRANKLIN COMBINED-CYCLE PLANT, held by Southern Power Company, holds NPDES permit AL0073555. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | H. ALLEN FRANKLIN COMBINED-CYCLE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Southern Power Company |
| NPDES ID | AL0073555 |
| 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 | September 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Smiths, AL 36877 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Soap Creek-Chattahoochee River (HUC 031300021306) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000019430; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000108100036 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 4 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2012 | 233% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 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 AL0073555.
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.