Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0079171
TIMBERLANDS LANDFILL, Brewton, AL: NPDES AL0079171 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TIMBERLANDS LANDFILL, held by BFI Waste Systems of Alabama, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0079171. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2020 and expiring July 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 | TIMBERLANDS LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BFI Waste Systems of Alabama, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0079171 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Brewton, AL 36426 |
| Subwatershed | Middle Burnt Corn Creek (HUC 031403040304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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] | 2 | 45 | 34 | May 31, 2015 | 4,318% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 41 | 32 | July 31, 2016 | 2,166,567% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 30 | 16 | August 31, 2013 | 6,670% over the limit |
| pH | 18 | 43 | 14 | May 31, 2015 | |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 13 | 11 | September 30, 2016 | 95% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 11 | 9 | February 29, 2016 | 200% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 12 | 4 | October 31, 2010 | 809% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 3 | October 31, 2010 | 650% over the limit |
| Benzoic acids, total | 2 | 11 | 3 | March 31, 2011 | 983,233% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 10 | 3 | December 31, 2008 | 233% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 3 | July 31, 2015 | 26% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 10 | 2 | August 31, 2009 | 9,400% over the limit |
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 10 | 2 | October 31, 2010 | 35% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 2 | August 31, 2016 | 20% over the limit |
| para-Chloro-meta-cresol | 0 | 13 | 1 | February 28, 2009 | 171% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 1 | December 31, 2014 | 21% over the limit |
| Phenol | 2 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2009 | 13% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 17 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Terpineol | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| p-Cresol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 6 | 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 AL0079171.
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.