Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023311
FORT PAYNE WWTP, Fort Payne, AL: NPDES AL0023311 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORT PAYNE WWTP, held by City of Fort Payne, holds NPDES permit AL0023311. EPA’s file records it issued December 18, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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 | FORT PAYNE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Fort Payne |
| NPDES ID | AL0023311 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 18, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Address | Fort Payne, AL 35968 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Big Wills Creek (HUC 031501060102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 5 | 10 | 10 | January 31, 2026 | 8,021% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2009 | 240% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2006 | 50% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 9 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2006 | 15% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Color [admi units] | 1 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2006 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free available | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 AL0023311.
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.