Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0078204
MARGARET WWTP, Margaret, AL: NPDES AL0078204 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
MARGARET WWTP, held by Moody GUSC, holds NPDES permit AL0078204. EPA’s file records it issued November 28, 2016 and expiring November 30, 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 filed | MARGARET WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Moody GUSC |
| NPDES ID | AL0078204 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Address | Margaret, AL 35112 |
| Subwatershed | Big Black Creek (HUC 031502020102) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 73 | 30 | March 31, 2026 | 2,047% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 73 | 28 | July 31, 2026 | 3,247% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 89 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 49% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 22 | 2 | August 31, 2012 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 86 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 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 AL0078204.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0078204.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2026 | Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter | State |
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.