Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0078344

WEST FORK WWTP, Hazel Green, AL: NPDES AL0078344 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

WEST FORK WWTP, held by HICO Utility Company, holds NPDES permit AL0078344. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	WEST FORK WWTP
Permittee as filed	HICO Utility Company
NPDES ID	AL0078344
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	August 29, 2017
Expiration date	August 31, 2022
Issuing agency	State
Address	Hazel Green, AL 35750
Subwatershed	West Fork-Flint River (HUC 060300020302)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
12With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	16	225	5	June 30, 2026	333% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	24	440	0
Solids, total suspended	16	440	0
pH	4	110	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	110	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	110	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	8	80	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	8	80	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	8	80	0
Chlorine, total residual	4	55	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	55	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	55	0
E. coli	8	0	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	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 AL0078344.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0078344 for WEST FORK WWTP in Hazel Green, AL, held by HICO Utility Company, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor Discharger. The permit file lists 14 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.