Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0073784
CER GENERATION, LLC, Alexander City, AL: NPDES AL0073784 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CER GENERATION, LLC, held by CER Generation, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0073784. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2017 and expiring July 31, 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 | CER GENERATION, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CER Generation, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0073784 |
| 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 | July 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Alexander City, AL 35010 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Hillabee Creek (HUC 031501090406) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000044164; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112300022 |
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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 10 | 10 | March 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 78 | 1 | October 31, 2010 | 150% over the limit |
| pH | 9 | 68 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | |
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 22 | 1 | September 30, 2011 | 50% over the limit |
| Chlorination duration | 1 | 21 | 1 | September 30, 2011 | 8% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | 16% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 11 | 127 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free residual, total effluent | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 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 AL0073784.
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.