Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003620
CONCORD PREPARATION PLANT, Hueytown, AL: NPDES AL0003620 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CONCORD PREPARATION PLANT, held by OAK GROVE RES CONCORD PREP PLT, holds NPDES permit AL0003620, which discharges to Ut To Lick Creek Valley Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2005 and expiring December 31, 2010. 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 | CONCORD PREPARATION PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OAK GROVE RES CONCORD PREP PLT |
| NPDES ID | AL0003620 |
| 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 | December 30, 2005 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2010 |
| Address | Hueytown, AL 35023 |
| Receiving water | UT TO LICK CREEK VALLEY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Lick Creek-Valley Creek (HUC 031601120104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 58 | 42 | March 31, 2025 | 412% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 145 | 37 | June 30, 2026 | 450% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 621 | 27 | March 31, 2026 | 223% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 30 | 14 | September 30, 2025 | 152% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 581 | 11 | January 31, 2025 | 152% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 1,100 | 8 | March 31, 2026 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 16 | 8 | July 31, 2025 | 197% over the limit |
| Arsenic, trivalent dissolved | 0 | 30 | 6 | June 30, 2024 | 227% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 10 | 6 | November 30, 2025 | 217% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 17 | 5 | May 31, 2020 | 175% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 0 | 8 | 4 | May 31, 2023 | 189% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 13 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 4% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 576 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 532 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 267 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 0 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 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 AL0003620.
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 September 15, 2026.