Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG250054

CENTRAL UTILITIES PLANT, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG250054 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CENTRAL UTILITIES PLANT, held by Alabama Power Company, holds NPDES permit ALG250054. EPA’s file records it issued February 16, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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	CENTRAL UTILITIES PLANT
Permittee as filed	Alabama Power Company
NPDES ID	ALG250054
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 16, 2017
Expiration date	March 31, 2022
Issuing agency	State
Address	Birmingham, AL 35203
Subwatershed	Headwaters Valley Creek (HUC 031601120101)
NAICS	221330 – Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply
SIC	4961 – Steam And Air-Conditioning Supply
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD980217681; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300456

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

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
2With 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	4	9	7	August 31, 2011
Chlorine, total residual	4	3	1	February 28, 2010	5% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	1	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	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 ALG250054.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG250054 for CENTRAL UTILITIES PLANT in Birmingham, AL, held by Alabama Power Company, with a status of administratively continued and a permit type of coverage under a general permit. The permit lists 4 as the discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with an issue date of February 16, 2017 and an expiration date of March 31, 2022.