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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALR107638

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, Athens, AL: NPDES ALR107638 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, held by Tennessee Valley Authority, holds NPDES permit ALR107638. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Athens, Alabama. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALR107638.

Identity

Facility as filedBROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT
Permittee as filedTennessee Valley Authority
NPDES IDALR107638
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedMarch 31, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
Issuing agencyState
AddressAthens, AL 35611
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCoxey Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300021107)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler AL8640015410; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000108300003

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES ALR107638.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALR107638.

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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Nearby on the register

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What this page shows

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant's storm water construction permit ALR107638 is one of 341 such permits in Limestone County, 31.1% of which were issued earlier than this one. It sits among 8 NPDES permits in the Coxey Creek-Tennessee River subwatershed, and the permit carries no pollutants under a numeric limit or effluent exceedance.