Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0048488
JOE WHEELER STATE PARK SOUTH LAGOON, Town Creek, AL: NPDES AL0048488 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JOE WHEELER STATE PARK SOUTH LAGOON, held by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, holds NPDES permit AL0048488. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 | JOE WHEELER STATE PARK SOUTH LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| NPDES ID | AL0048488 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2021 |
| Address | Town Creek, AL 35672 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | McKieman Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050801) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 107 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 48 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0048488.
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 AL0048488.
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.