Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0082597
WATCO DECATUR RIVER PORT, Decatur, AL: NPDES AL0082597 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATCO DECATUR RIVER PORT, held by Watco Transloading, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit AL0082597. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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 | WATCO DECATUR RIVER PORT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Watco Transloading, L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | AL0082597 |
| 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 | December 29, 2015 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Address | Decatur, AL 35601 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Spring Creek-Mud Creek (HUC 060300021105) |
| SIC | 4491 – Marine Cargo Handling |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 28With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 8 | 32 | 2 | May 31, 2016 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 35 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 7 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 7 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 7 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 7 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 1 | 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 AL0082597.
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.