Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG640009

SANFORD SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Piedmont, AL: NPDES ALG640009 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SANFORD SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Cherokee County Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit ALG640009. EPA’s file records it issued June 6, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023.

SANFORD SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Piedmont, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG640009, held by Cherokee County Water and Sewer Authority; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 6, 2018, term to June 30, 2023; Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.

Aluminum, total recoverable: 2 limits, 79 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2011, largest 108% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 29, 2012, largest 31,479% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Cherokee County Water and Sewer Authority

CHEROKEE COUNTY WWTP, Leesburg: AL0057592, issued November 17, 2015

SANFORD SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Lower Terrapin Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501050909), ALG640009 among them. Its county holds 45, 1 of them major permits; ALG640009 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Terrapin Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501050909)

411 USED PARTS, Centre: ALG180314, minor permit, discharging to UT WEISS LAKE, permit term to September 30, 2012
CPCC REGIONAL AIRPORT T-HANGAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, Centre: ALR10B435, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
DUPONT KAOLIN MINE FACILITY, Piedmont: AL0076601, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
ELLIS BROTHERS QUARRY, Centre: AL0076911, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2025
VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC - CENTRE PLANT, Centre: ALG020036, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	SANFORD SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	Cherokee County Water and Sewer Authority
NPDES ID	ALG640009
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	June 6, 2018
Expiration date	June 30, 2023
Address	Piedmont, AL 36272
Subwatershed	Lower Terrapin Creek (HUC 031501050909)
NAICS	221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
5With 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
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	79	3	October 31, 2011	108% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	77	1	February 29, 2012	31,479% over the limit
pH	2	90	0
Solids, total suspended	2	90	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	90	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG640009.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG640009.

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 ALG640009.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit ALG640009 for the Sanford Springs Water Treatment Plant in Piedmont, AL, held by Cherokee County Water and Sewer Authority, whose permit status is listed as administratively continued. The page lists a Minor Discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.