Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG140132

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY - PATTON CHAPEL CREW HQ, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG140132 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY - PATTON CHAPEL CREW HQ, held by Alabama Power Company, holds NPDES permit ALG140132. EPA’s file records it issued March 2, 2023 and expiring September 30, 2027.

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY - PATTON CHAPEL CREW HQ, Birmingham, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG140132, held by Alabama Power Company; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued March 2, 2023, term to September 30, 2027, by State.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2016, largest 23% over the limit.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2014, largest 271% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2011.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2009, largest 381% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphate, ortho [as P]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 2,245 were issued before ALG140132. Alabama Power Company holds 149 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by Alabama Power Company

BARRY STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, Bucks: AL0002879, issued December 9, 2020
GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, Gadsden: AL0002887, issued January 3, 2017
GORGAS STEAM PLANT, Parrish: AL0002909, issued June 28, 2022
GREENE COUNTY STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, Forkland: AL0002917, issued March 29, 2019
E.C. GASTON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, Wilsonville: AL0003140, issued April 1, 2020
WASHINGTON COUNTY COGENERATION PLANT, Mcintosh: AL0071951, issued September 17, 2021
THEODORE COGENERATION FACILITY, Theodore: AL0072290, issued December 23, 2014
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY- CENTRAL ALABAMA GENERATING STATION, Billingsley: AL0073695, issued July 29, 2016
CENTRAL UTILITIES PLANT, Birmingham: ALG250054, issued February 16, 2017
APC - HARRIS HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY, Lineville: ALG360017, issued February 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest ALG140132

February 28, 2023: FERGUSON FACILITY #3314, Theodore, ALG120859, held by Ferguson Enterprises, LLC
March 1, 2023: HIGH-PURITY SILICON AMERICA CORPORATION, Theodore, ALG120378, held by Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corporation
March 1, 2023: FERGUSON INDUSTRIAL - FACILITY 2047, Theodore, ALG120848, held by Ferguson Enterprises, LLC
March 1, 2023: GULF SHORES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Gulf Shores, ALG140657, held by The Airport Authority of the City of Gulf Shores
March 1, 2023: SAPUTO CHEESE USA, INC., Decatur, ALNE00472, held by Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.
March 2, 2023: NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC., Muscle Shoals, ALNE00196, held by North American Lighting, Inc.
March 3, 2023: C&B PIPING, LLC, Leeds, ALG120444, held by C & B Piping, Inc.
March 3, 2023: COIN WASH, Mount Olive, ALG140812, held by TAL-LEE LLC
March 6, 2023: MMC MATERIALS, INC., Troy, ALG110463, held by MMC Materials, Inc.
March 6, 2023: MMC MATERIALS, INC., Luverne, ALG110466, held by Stephens Construction and Concrete Inc.

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY - PATTON CHAPEL CREW HQ among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 124 discharge permits in the Patton Creek-Cahaba River subwatershed (HUC 031502020204), ALG140132 among them. Its county holds 1,063, 13 of them major permits; ALG140132 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Patton Creek-Cahaba River subwatershed (HUC 031502020204)

1289 MONTGOMERY HWY, Vestavia Hills: ALR10C6WJ, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
1800 INTERNATIONAL PARK, Birmingham: ALG250056, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
2208 CHAPEL ROAD - SITE CLEARING AND HOUSE CONSTRUCTION, Hoover: ALR10C5NK, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
280 VALLEYDALE - 22132.02, Birmingham: ALR10C4UV, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
280-VALLEYDALE OFFSITE GAS STATION - 22132.04, Birmingham: ALR10C5WC, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
3500 COLONNADE PARKWAY BUILDING, Birmingham: ALG250060, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
3700 COLONNADE PARKWAY BUILDING, Birmingham: ALG250059, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
3800 COLONNADE PARKWAY BUILDING, Birmingham: ALG250058, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
4537 DOLLY RIDGE ROAD, Vestavia Hills: ALR10C7T9, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
ABINGDON, Hoover: ALR10BDES, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	ALABAMA POWER COMPANY - PATTON CHAPEL CREW HQ
Permittee as filed	Alabama Power Company
NPDES ID	ALG140132
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	March 2, 2023
Expiration date	September 30, 2027
Issuing agency	State
Address	Birmingham, AL 35216
Subwatershed	Patton Creek-Cahaba River (HUC 031502020204)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	5	2	April 30, 2016	23% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	5	2	December 31, 2014	271% over the limit
pH	4	7	1	February 28, 2011
Oil and grease	0	4	1	August 31, 2009	381% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	3	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	3	0
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	0	1	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG140132.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG140132.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES ALG140132.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG140132, held by Alabama Power Company for ALABAMA POWER COMPANY - PATTON CHAPEL CREW HQ in Birmingham, AL, under the industrial stormwater program, with a Minor Discharger class and an Effective permit status. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 7 with a violation of any kind, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.