Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0021997
JOHN O. STURDY PLANT, Atmore, AL: NPDES AL0021997 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JOHN O. STURDY PLANT, held by MASLAND CARPETS INC, holds NPDES permit AL0021997, which discharges to Boggy Branch. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2005 and expiring January 31, 2010. 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 | JOHN O. STURDY PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MASLAND CARPETS INC |
| NPDES ID | AL0021997 |
| 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 28, 2005 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2010 |
| Address | Atmore, AL 36502 |
| Receiving water | BOGGY BRANCH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Brushy Creek (HUC 031401060302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 22With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 17 | 13 | November 30, 2014 | 1,233% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 18 | 12 | November 30, 2014 | 487% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 12 | 8 | October 31, 2014 | 351% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 13 | 5 | October 31, 2010 | 52% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 2 | October 31, 2014 | |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2005 | 315% over the limit |
| Phenol | 4 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | 7,900% over the limit |
| Color [admi units] | 2 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2014 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2012 | 28% over the limit |
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 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 AL0021997.
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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