Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0027821
I- 59 WELCOME CENTER, Valley Head, AL: NPDES AL0027821 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
I- 59 WELCOME CENTER, held by Alabama Department of Transportation, holds NPDES permit AL0027821. EPA’s file records it issued April 23, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2026. 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 filed | I- 59 WELCOME CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alabama Department of Transportation |
| NPDES ID | AL0027821 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 23, 2021 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2026 |
| Address | Valley Head, AL 35989 |
| Subwatershed | West Fork Lookout Creek-Dry Creek (HUC 060200011101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 57 | 33 | January 31, 2020 | 616% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 68 | 20 | June 30, 2012 | 323% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 23 | 17 | January 31, 2013 | 1,725% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 57 | 9 | March 31, 2012 | 75% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 15 | 9 | March 31, 2018 | 567% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 8 | March 31, 2012 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 8 | September 30, 2010 | 68% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 13 | 7 | October 31, 2011 | 186% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 1 | September 30, 2006 | 130% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 9 | 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 AL0027821.
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.