Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024252
ROBERTA PLANT, Calera, AL: NPDES AL0024252 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROBERTA PLANT, held by Argos Cement LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0024252. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027. 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 | ROBERTA PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Argos Cement LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0024252 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 30, 2022 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Calera, AL 35040 |
| Subwatershed | Mayberry Creek-Shoal Creek (HUC 031502020403) |
| NAICS | 212312 – Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying |
| SIC | 1422 – Crushed And Broken Limestone |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD114298573; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000111700004 |
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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 405 | 5 | August 31, 2001 | 202% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 405 | 5 | February 28, 2018 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 104 | 4 | September 30, 2001 | 232% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 101 | 1 | December 31, 2002 | 340% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2018 | 15% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2017 | 8% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 432 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 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 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 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 AL0024252.
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 October 14, 2026.