Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0045993
DYE CREEK WWTP, Pell City, AL: NPDES AL0045993 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DYE CREEK WWTP, held by City of Pell City, holds NPDES permit AL0045993. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | DYE CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Pell City |
| NPDES ID | AL0045993 |
| 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 | March 30, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Pell City, AL 35128 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Broken Arrow Shoals-Coosa River (HUC 031501060605) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 15 | 7 | April 30, 2015 | 94% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 15 | 7 | March 31, 2015 | 1,444% over the limit |
| E. coli | 3 | 6 | 6 | February 29, 2016 | 930% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 20 | 4 | March 31, 2010 | 71% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, 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 AL0045993.
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.