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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0076244

SUMITON LAGOON, Sumiton, AL: NPDES AL0076244 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUMITON LAGOON, held by City of Sumiton, holds NPDES permit AL0076244. EPA’s file records it issued October 22, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSUMITON LAGOON
Permittee as filedCity of Sumiton
NPDES IDAL0076244
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 22, 2015
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2020
AddressSumiton, AL 35148
SubwatershedOld Town Creek-Mulberry Fork (HUC 031601090602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
E. coli43434January 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111231November 30, 202453% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal111130March 31, 2026314% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal110726March 31, 2026445% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]865810March 31, 202644% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]43339December 31, 202245% over the limit
pH21664September 30, 2024
Chlorine, total residual2464October 31, 202473% over the limit
Solids, total suspended86513May 31, 202221% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01653December 31, 201390% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21620
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4480
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4480
Phosphorus, total [as P]4480

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0076244.

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 15, 2026.