Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050211
BUTLER HCR LAGOON, Butler, AL: NPDES AL0050211 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUTLER HCR LAGOON, held by Utilities Board of the Town of Butler, holds NPDES permit AL0050211. 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 | BUTLER HCR LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Utilities Board of the Town of Butler |
| NPDES ID | AL0050211 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 23, 2021 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2026 |
| Address | Butler, AL 36904 |
| Subwatershed | Wahalak Creek (HUC 031602010904) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 32 | 18 | July 31, 2009 | 4,685% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 27 | 15 | March 31, 2025 | 180% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 8 | 8 | December 31, 2024 | 932% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 16 | 6 | April 30, 2021 | 125% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 536 | 4 | March 31, 2012 | 113% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 42 | 4 | September 30, 2020 | 9% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 1 | February 28, 2022 | 4% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 524 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 133 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 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 AL0050211.
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.