Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050237
H.C. MORGAN WPCF, Auburn, AL: NPDES AL0050237 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
H.C. MORGAN WPCF, held by City of Auburn, holds NPDES permit AL0050237. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 | H.C. MORGAN WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Auburn |
| NPDES ID | AL0050237 |
| 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 | May 24, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Auburn, AL 36830 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Chewacla Creek (HUC 031501100202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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] | 9 | 72 | 36 | July 31, 2022 | 687% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 40 | 20 | November 30, 2011 | 2,900% over the limit |
| E. coli | 5 | 19 | 16 | October 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 21 | 13 | September 30, 2010 | 6,100% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 22 | 4 | June 30, 2003 | |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2014 | 16% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 73 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 12% over the limit |
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 0 | 10 | 1 | December 31, 2011 | 25% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2016 | 12% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 AL0050237.
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 14, 2026.