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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003247

BLUESTONE COKE, LLC - BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham, AL: NPDES AL0003247 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BLUESTONE COKE, LLC - BIRMINGHAM, held by SLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit AL0003247, which discharges to Five Mile Cr. EPA’s file records it issued June 25, 2003 and expiring June 30, 2008. 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 filedBLUESTONE COKE, LLC - BIRMINGHAM
Permittee as filedSLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
NPDES IDAL0003247
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 25, 2003
Expiration dateJune 30, 2008
AddressBirmingham, AL 35207
Receiving waterFIVE MILE CR
SubwatershedUpper Fivemile Creek (HUC 031601110406)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD000828848; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300355

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 90 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]42424September 30, 2024410% over the limit
Solids, total suspended41818October 31, 2021373% over the limit
Phenols21915September 30, 2021317% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]41414June 30, 202644% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]01212December 31, 2024918% over the limit
Benzo[a]pyrene499August 31, 20211,309% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]488September 30, 201277% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia075September 30, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia655July 31, 2008636% over the limit
pH444October 31, 2020
Cyanide, free available244November 30, 2005223% over the limit
Oil and grease422September 30, 200441% over the limit
Di-n-butyl phthalate222December 31, 2003411% over the limit
Chrysene211December 31, 2007160% over the limit
Fluoranthene211December 31, 2007225% over the limit
Pyrene211December 31, 2007163% over the limit
Benzo[a]anthracene211December 31, 200719% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]011May 31, 20232,147,483,650% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]220
Manganese, total [as Mn]220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Selenium, dissolved [as Se]200
Carbon tetrachloride200
1,2-Dichloroethane200
Chloroform200
Toluene200
Benzene200
Acenaphthylene200
Acenaphthene200
Acrylonitrile200
Anthracene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Chlorobenzene200
Diethyl phthalate200
Dimethyl phthalate200
Ethylbenzene200
Fluorene200
Hexachloroethane200
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]200
Methylene chloride200
Nitrobenzene200
Phenanthrene200
Tetrachloroethylene200
1,1-Dichloroethane200
1,1-Dichloroethylene200
1,1,1-Trichloroethane200
1,1,2-Trichloroethane200
1,2-Dichlorobenzene200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0003247.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0003247, held by SLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION for BLUESTONE COKE, LLC - BIRMINGHAM in Birmingham, AL, which discharges to FIVE MILE CR. The permit is listed as administratively continued and a Major Discharger, with 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 87 as the discharger class, and it was issued June 25, 2003 with an expiration date of June 30, 2008.