Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0002887
GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, Gadsden, AL: NPDES AL0002887 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GADSDEN STEAM PLANT, held by Alabama Power Company, holds NPDES permit AL0002887. EPA’s file records it issued January 3, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GADSDEN STEAM PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alabama Power Company |
| NPDES ID | AL0002887 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 3, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Address | Gadsden, AL 35903 |
| Subwatershed | Turkey Town Creek (HUC 031501060204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 14 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | 16% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 60% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 23 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 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 AL0002887.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 15, 2026.