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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0000973

HUNT REFINING COMPANY - TUSCALOOSA, Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES AL0000973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HUNT REFINING COMPANY - TUSCALOOSA, held by Hunt Refining Company, holds NPDES permit AL0000973. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2015 and expiring February 29, 2020. 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 filedHUNT REFINING COMPANY - TUSCALOOSA
Permittee as filedHunt Refining Company
NPDES IDAL0000973
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial pretreatment
IssuedFebruary 9, 2015
Expiration dateFebruary 29, 2020
AddressTuscaloosa, AL 35403
SubwatershedJay Creek-Big Creek (HUC 031601130202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD004009320; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112500007

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 84 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]106664September 30, 2023924% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]83735October 31, 20132,058% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]83230August 31, 2018261% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]8108October 31, 2016102% over the limit
Sulfide, total [as S]8108January 31, 200999% over the limit
Phenolic compounds, total864January 31, 2015740% over the limit
Solids, total suspended1562January 31, 201565% over the limit
Tetrachloroethylene422December 31, 2016182% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]871December 31, 201085% over the limit
pH831March 31, 2008
Oil and grease031December 31, 201051% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]221October 31, 20165% over the limit
Naphthalene411December 31, 201210% over the limit
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]411June 30, 201376% over the limit
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia111June 30, 20182,147,483,650% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1480
Oil & Grease1550
Chromium, total [as Cr]820
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]820
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit310
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]210
Phosphorus, total [as P]210
Nitrogen, total [as N]010
Cyanide, total [as CN]400
Copper, total [as Cu]400
Lead, total [as Pb]400
Nickel, total [as Ni]400
Zinc, total [as Zn]400
Carbon tetrachloride400
1,2-Dichloroethane400
Chloroform400
Toluene400
Benzene400
Acenaphthylene400
Acenaphthene400
Acrylonitrile400
Anthracene400
Benzo[k]fluoranthene400
Benzo[a]pyrene400
Chlorobenzene400
Chrysene400
Diethyl phthalate400
Dimethyl phthalate400
Ethylbenzene400
Fluoranthene400
Fluorene400
Hexachlorobutadiene400
Hexachloroethane400
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]400
Methylene chloride400
Nitrobenzene400
Phenanthrene400
Pyrene400
1,1-Dichloroethane400
1,1-Dichloroethylene400
1,1,1-Trichloroethane400
1,1,2-Trichloroethane400
Benzo[a]anthracene400
1,2-Dichlorobenzene400
1,2-Dichloropropane400

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 AL0000973.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0000973, held by Hunt Refining Company for HUNT REFINING COMPANY - TUSCALOOSA in Tuscaloosa, AL, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 82 for the discharger class figure and 15 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 15 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.