Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0055042
BIG COVE WWTP, Owens Cross Roads, AL: NPDES AL0055042 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG COVE WWTP, held by City of Huntsville Water Pollution Control, holds NPDES permit AL0055042. EPA’s file records it issued May 25, 2023 and expiring May 31, 2028. 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 | BIG COVE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Huntsville Water Pollution Control |
| NPDES ID | AL0055042 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 25, 2023 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763 |
| Subwatershed | Goose Creek-Flint River (HUC 060300020404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 8 | 6 | May 31, 2009 | 200% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 7 | 3 | May 31, 2021 | 41% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 3 | 2 | October 31, 2022 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2017 | 397% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 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 AL0055042.
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.