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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0002844

POWER SOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE, Gantt, AL: NPDES AL0002844 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

POWER SOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE, held by POWER SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATIVE, holds NPDES permit AL0002844, which discharges to Conecuh River. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2005 and expiring April 30, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedPOWER SOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE
Permittee as filedPOWER SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATIVE
NPDES IDAL0002844
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 29, 2005
Expiration dateApril 30, 2010
Issuing agencyALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
AddressGantt, AL 36420
Receiving waterCONECUH RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBig Creek-Conecuh River (HUC 031403010404)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended1099December 31, 2016378% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit7011April 30, 2006220% over the limit
pH1211November 30, 2005
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2400
Chlorine, total residual2000
Chromium, total [as Cr]1200
Zinc, total [as Zn]1200
Chlorine, free available1200
Chlorination duration1200
Oil and grease1000
Priority Pollutants600
Copper, total [as Cu]400
Iron, total [as Fe]400
Naphthalene100

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 AL0002844.

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 September 14, 2026.