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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG160106

CITY OF FORT PAYNE ALABAMA, Fort Payne, AL: NPDES ALG160106 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF FORT PAYNE ALABAMA, held by City of Fort Payne Alabama, holds NPDES permit ALG160106. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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 filedCITY OF FORT PAYNE ALABAMA
Permittee as filedCity of Fort Payne Alabama
NPDES IDALG160106
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJanuary 23, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2022
AddressFort Payne, AL 35967
SubwatershedHeadwaters Big Wills Creek (HUC 031501060101)

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 suspended41021September 30, 201812% over the limit
pH82130
Turbidity61620
Oil & Grease4990
Phosphorus, total [as P]2630
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2560
Solids, settleable2530
Rainfall2390
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2380
Cadmium, total [as Cd]2380
Chromium, total [as Cr]2380
Copper, total [as Cu]2380
Solids, total dissolved2380
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2380
Oil and grease020
Annual Certification Statement010

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 ALG160106.

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.