Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0054640
FAYETTE WWTP, Fayette, AL: NPDES AL0054640 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FAYETTE WWTP, held by City Of Fayette, holds NPDES permit AL0054640. EPA’s file records it issued February 22, 2016 and expiring February 28, 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 | FAYETTE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City Of Fayette |
| NPDES ID | AL0054640 |
| 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 | February 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2021 |
| Address | Fayette, AL 35555 |
| Subwatershed | Martins Creek-Sipsey River (HUC 031601070204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 26With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 42 | 27 | November 30, 2025 | 370% over the limit |
| E. coli | 5 | 16 | 12 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 10 | 9 | February 28, 2026 | 129% over the limit |
| Color [admi units] | 0 | 4 | 1 | August 31, 2011 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 24 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 13 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 AL0054640.
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.