Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0000418
LSB CHEMICAL L.L.C., Cherokee, AL: NPDES AL0000418 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LSB CHEMICAL L.L.C., held by LSB Chemical L.L.C., holds NPDES permit AL0000418. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2025 and expiring July 31, 2030. 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 filed | LSB CHEMICAL L.L.C. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LSB Chemical L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | AL0000418 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 30, 2025 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Cherokee, AL 35616 |
| Subwatershed | Colbert Creek-Pickwick Lake (HUC 060300051002) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD057203135; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000103300013 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 139 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 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 AL0000418.
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.