Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0001996

HELENA QUARRY, Helena, AL: NPDES AL0001996 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

HELENA QUARRY, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0001996. EPA’s file records it issued March 27, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024.

HELENA QUARRY, Helena, Alabama: Individual permit AL0001996, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 27, 2019, term to March 31, 2024.

pH: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 11, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

SCOTTSBORO QUARRY, Scottsboro: AL0000256, issued June 27, 2018
TUSCUMBIA QUARRY, Tuscumbia: AL0000264, issued August 1, 2018
GLENCOE QUARRY, Glencoe: AL0002020, issued January 23, 2018
CALERA QUARRY, Calera: AL0002046, issued December 18, 2018
OHATCHEE QUARRY, Alexandria: AL0002186, issued March 27, 2019
CHILDERSBURG QUARRY, Childersburg: AL0002313, issued June 24, 2024
DOLCITO QUARRY, Tarrant: AL0023892, issued April 21, 2017
LACON QUARRY, Falkville: AL0041891, issued April 26, 2016
TRINITY QUARRY, Trinity: AL0041921, issued April 18, 2018
ROBERTA QUARRY, Calera: AL0053601, issued October 22, 2015

HELENA QUARRY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 73 discharge permits in the Prairie Brook-Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 031502020203), AL0001996 among them. Its county holds 491, 7 of them major permits; AL0001996 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Prairie Brook-Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 031502020203)

ABC POLYMERS INDUSTRIES, Helena: ALR10C4L5, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, Alabaster: ALG230075, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
AH ALABASTER, AL, Alabaster: ALR10C634, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
AIM ACADEMY HELENA, Helena: ALR10C2RY, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABASTER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION: OFFICE, Alabaster: ALR10C49B, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABASTER CITY SCHOOLS TIMBER HARVEST, Alabaster: ALR10AT62, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
ALABASTER HOTEL, Alabaster: ALR10C568, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABASTER PLANT, Alabaster: AL0024473, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2017
ALABASTER PLANT, Alabaster: ALG110266, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
ALABASTER POLICE DEPARTMENT, Alabaster: ALR10BHNE, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	HELENA QUARRY
Permittee as filed	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
NPDES ID	AL0001996
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 27, 2019
Expiration date	March 31, 2024
Address	Helena, AL 35080
Subwatershed	Prairie Brook-Buck Creek (HUC 031502020203)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000014506

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	6	0	0
Solids, total suspended	6	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0001996.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0001996.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 11, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0001996.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0001996 for HELENA QUARRY in Helena, AL, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC, with its status listed as administratively continued and its dates recorded as issued March 27, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the subwatershed is given as Prairie Brook-Buck Creek (HUC 031502020203).