Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003018
INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RIVERDALE, Selma, AL: NPDES AL0003018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 2Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RIVERDALE, held by International Paper-Riverdale, holds NPDES permit AL0003018. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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 | INTERNATIONAL PAPER - RIVERDALE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | International Paper-Riverdale |
| NPDES ID | AL0003018 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 22, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Address | Selma, AL 36703 |
| Subwatershed | Camp Creek (HUC 031502011202) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 322120 – Paper Mills |
| SIC | 2611 – Pulp Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000645457; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000104700003 |
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
- 32Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Events | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Halogens, adsorbable organic | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| River Monitoring Certification | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BMP Certification Submittal? | 1 | 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 AL0003018.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
| February 5, 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 AL0003018.
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.