Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003085
U. S. AMINES (BUCKS) LLC, Axis, AL: NPDES AL0003085 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 77Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
U. S. AMINES (BUCKS) LLC, held by U S Amines Bucks LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0003085. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2013 and expiring January 31, 2018. 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 filed | U. S. AMINES (BUCKS) LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | U S Amines Bucks LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0003085 |
| 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 | January 30, 2013 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2018 |
| Address | Axis, AL 36505 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cold Creek (HUC 031602040105) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD056113756; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109705010 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 78Pollutants on file
- 77Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 78 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 48% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 14 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 2 | 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 AL0003085.
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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