Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0001554
CMC STEEL ALABAMA, Birmingham, AL: NPDES AL0001554 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CMC STEEL ALABAMA, held by SMI Steel LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0001554. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2014 and expiring October 31, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CMC STEEL ALABAMA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SMI Steel LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0001554 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 30, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2019 |
| Address | Birmingham, AL 35212 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408) |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD067123570; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300080 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 6 | July 31, 2013 | 162% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 225% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 11 | 1 | September 30, 2002 | |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 8 | 11 | 1 | January 31, 2004 | 29% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 10% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2007 | 15% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales | 0 | 2 | 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 AL0001554.
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 October 14, 2026.