Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0001767

EMPIRE COKE COMPANY, A DIVISION OF MCWANE, LLC., Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES AL0001767 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

EMPIRE COKE COMPANY, A DIVISION OF MCWANE, LLC., held by Empire Coke Company, holds NPDES permit AL0001767. EPA’s file records it issued September 21, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2026. 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	EMPIRE COKE COMPANY, A DIVISION OF MCWANE, LLC.
Permittee as filed	Empire Coke Company
NPDES ID	AL0001767
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 21, 2021
Expiration date	September 30, 2026
Address	Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Subwatershed	Two Mile Creek (HUC 031601120505)
NAICS	423520 – Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers
SIC	3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD004009007

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

16Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
16With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	24	2	December 31, 2014	90% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]	2	8	2	December 31, 2025	75% over the limit
pH	4	34	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	22	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	21	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	19	0
Phenols	0	14	0
Oil and grease	0	13	0
Benzene	0	13	0
Benzo[a]pyrene	0	13	0
Naphthalene	0	13	0
Oil & Grease	2	6	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	2	6	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	5	0
%Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1	0
%Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	0	1	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 AL0001767.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0001767, held by Empire Coke Company, a division of McWane, LLC., in Tuscaloosa, AL, with an effective status and a minor discharger classification. The permit was issued September 21, 2021 and expires September 30, 2026, and the page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.