Alabama NPDES: What you need to know

Alabama Water Pollution Control Act: Alabama Code (Ala. Code) 22-22-1 to 22-22-14

Alabama National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program: Alabama Administrative Code (Ala. Admin. Code r) 335-6-6-.01 to 335-6-10-.09

Applicability: Ala. Admin. Code r 335-6-6

Permit application: Ala. Admin. Code r 335-6-6-.08

Payment of fees: Ala. Admin. Code r 335-1-6-.07

Inspections: Ala. Admin. Code r 335-6-6-.12(i)

Monitoring: Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-6-.12(j)

General permits:

General permit renewals: Ala. Admin. Code r 335-6-6-.23

Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Water Division Permit Branch Industrial Section

ADEM NPDES Enforcement Branch

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4

See national section for basic information and federal regulations.

• Rules. Alabama is a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)-delegated state with general permitting authority. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management's (ADEM) water quality regulations contain the state's NPDES permit program rules. Alabama's NPDES permit rules follow the federal requirements, except that Alabama has more stringent requirements for permit application information, fees, and site-specific monitoring requirements. See the national section NPDES PERMIT for an overview of the federal wastewater discharge permit requirements.

Also see the state section PRETREATMENT STANDARDS for a discussion of the state indirect discharge (SID) permit requirements.

Alabama is also authorized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the NPDES permit program for stormwater discharges and concentrated animal feeding ...