Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG250083
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG250083 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT, held by Children's of Alabama, holds NPDES permit ALG250083. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 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 | CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Children's of Alabama |
| NPDES ID | ALG250083 |
| 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 8, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Address | Birmingham, AL 35233 |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Valley Creek (HUC 031601120101) |
| NAICS | 622110 – General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| SIC | 6512 – Nonresidential Building Operators |
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 207 | 35 | June 30, 2019 | 8,991% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 186 | 14 | April 30, 2016 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 86 | 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 ALG250083.
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.