Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003158
RESOLUTE FP U.S., INC. - COOSA PINES OPERATIONS, Childersburg, AL: NPDES AL0003158 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RESOLUTE FP U.S., INC. - COOSA PINES OPERATIONS, held by Resolute Forest Products US Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0003158. EPA’s file records it issued March 16, 2017 and expiring March 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 | RESOLUTE FP U.S., INC. - COOSA PINES OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Resolute Forest Products US Inc |
| NPDES ID | AL0003158 |
| 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 | March 16, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Address | Childersburg, AL 35044 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Talledega Creek (HUC 031501060703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 19 | 5 | November 30, 2006 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2013 | 100% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 4 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2002 | 19% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 40% over the limit |
| Number of Events | 1 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 10 | 1 | July 31, 2000 | 13% over the limit |
| Halogens, adsorbable organic | 2 | 3 | 1 | February 28, 2011 | 20% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 2 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 5% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 286% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand [COD] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TCDD equivalents | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorophenol | 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 AL0003158.
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 15, 2026.