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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0073580

NORTH BREWTON LAGOON, Brewton, AL: NPDES AL0073580 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTH BREWTON LAGOON, held by City of Brewton, holds NPDES permit AL0073580. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 filedNORTH BREWTON LAGOON
Permittee as filedCity of Brewton
NPDES IDAL0073580
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 23, 2016
Expiration dateMay 31, 2021
Issuing agencyState
AddressBrewton, AL 36427
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedKing Branch (HUC 031403040404)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal11716May 31, 2026567% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]81810May 31, 2026140% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01210January 31, 2008366% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4117February 28, 202613% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal187December 31, 2025186% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual266October 31, 2012110% over the limit
pH284September 30, 2025
E. coli433January 31, 2017852% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4160
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4160
Phosphorus, total [as P]4160
Solids, total suspended880
Mercury, total recoverable240
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]130
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0073580.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0073580 for North Brewton Lagoon in Brewton, AL, held by City of Brewton, which is listed as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class. The page lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as issued May 23, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021.