Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0023272
EVONIK CORPORATION, Theodore, AL: NPDES AL0023272 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 80Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EVONIK CORPORATION holds NPDES permit AL0023272. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2012 and expiring July 31, 2017. 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 | EVONIK CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EVONIK CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | AL0023272 |
| 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 | July 30, 2012 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2017 |
| Address | Theodore, AL 36590 |
| Subwatershed | Fowl River (HUC 031602050104) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 2879 – Agricultural Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000044057; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109700097 |
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
- 91Pollutants on file
- 80Under a numeric limit
- 88With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 91 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 18 | 6 | June 30, 2021 | 123% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 2 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2020 | |
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | 16% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free available | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2026 | 360% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Acetone | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Methyl ethyl ketone | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Cyprinodon Variega | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, dissolved [as Tl] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3,4-Benzofluoranthene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 1 | 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 AL0023272.
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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