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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0084239

KINGS COVE WWTP, Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES AL0084239 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KINGS COVE WWTP, held by Guthrie & Associates, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0084239. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2026. 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 filedKINGS COVE WWTP
Permittee as filedGuthrie & Associates, Inc.
NPDES IDAL0084239
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 20, 2021
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2026
AddressTuscaloosa, AL 35405
SubwatershedRosser Creek-Lower Big Sandy Creek (HUC 031601130105)

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
Solids, total suspended81010December 31, 202598% over the limit
E. coli488December 31, 20251,567% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]444March 31, 202640% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]440
Phosphorus, total [as P]440
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]800
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Chlorine, total residual100

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 AL0084239.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0084239.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0084239.

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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KINGS COVE WWTP, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Individual permit AL0084239, held by Guthrie & Associates, Inc.; Effective; issued September 20, 2021, term to September 30, 2026.

6 of the 11 pollutants listed for NPDES AL0084239 have no violation or effluent exceedance.

  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 98% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 1,567% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 40% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits.
  • pH: 2 limits.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit.

Other permits held by Guthrie & Associates, Inc.

KINGS COVE WWTP among its neighbors

7 discharge permits are in the Rosser Creek-Lower Big Sandy Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601130105); AL0084239 is one. Its county: 543, 4 major; AL0084239 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Rosser Creek-Lower Big Sandy Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601130105)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0084239 for KINGS COVE WWTP in Tuscaloosa, AL, held by Guthrie & Associates, Inc., with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 3 of which are under a numeric limit, 5 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.