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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0073989

DECATUR ENERGY CENTER, LLC, Decatur, AL: NPDES AL0073989 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DECATUR ENERGY CENTER, LLC, held by Decatur Energy Center, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0073989. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 filedDECATUR ENERGY CENTER, LLC
Permittee as filedDecatur Energy Center, LLC
NPDES IDAL0073989
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 30, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressDecatur, AL 35601
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
NAICS221330 – Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALR000040949; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000110300079

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

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
pH4642September 30, 2019
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6710
Solids, total suspended3530
Oil and grease0530
Chromium, total [as Cr]2440
Zinc, total [as Zn]2440
Chlorine, free available2440
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit1220
Priority Pollutants190
Oil & Grease200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Iron, total [as Fe]200
Semiannual Certification Statement100
Chlorination duration100

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 AL0073989.

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 NPDES discharge permit AL0073989, held by DECATUR ENERGY CENTER, LLC of Decatur, AL, and lists its status as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class. The page reports 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as EPA's file recorded them.