Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0073261
CLEVELAND WWTP, Cleveland, AL: NPDES AL0073261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLEVELAND WWTP, held by Town of Cleveland, holds NPDES permit AL0073261. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025. 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 | CLEVELAND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Cleveland |
| NPDES ID | AL0073261 |
| 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 | August 27, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Address | Cleveland, AL 35049 |
| Subwatershed | Andy Branch-Dry Creek (HUC 031601110203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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] | 8 | 49 | 23 | December 31, 2020 | 232% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 24 | 16 | April 30, 2021 | 152% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 82 | 6 | May 31, 2008 | 87% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2011 | 203% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 48 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 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 AL0073261.
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.