Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024473

ALABASTER PLANT, Alabaster, AL: NPDES AL0024473 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ALABASTER PLANT, held by Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0024473. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2012 and expiring January 31, 2017.

ALABASTER PLANT, Alabaster, Alabama: Individual permit AL0024473, held by Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 1, 2012, term to January 31, 2017; Lime Manufacturing.

Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2021, largest 64% over the limit.
Sulfate [as S]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC

MONTEVALLO PLANT, Calera: AL0003336, issued November 28, 2011
O'NEAL QUARRY AND LIME PLANT, Calera: AL0056073, issued December 30, 2010
BRIERFIELD QUARRY, Brierfield: AL0067831, issued August 1, 2018
EAGLE QUARRY, Calera: AL0079308, issued January 28, 2015

ALABASTER PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 73 discharge permits in the Prairie Brook-Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 031502020203), AL0024473 among them. Its county holds 491, 7 of them major permits; AL0024473 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Prairie Brook-Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 031502020203)

ABC POLYMERS INDUSTRIES, Helena: ALR10C4L5, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, Alabaster: ALG230075, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
AH ALABASTER, AL, Alabaster: ALR10C634, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
AIM ACADEMY HELENA, Helena: ALR10C2RY, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABASTER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION: OFFICE, Alabaster: ALR10C49B, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABASTER CITY SCHOOLS TIMBER HARVEST, Alabaster: ALR10AT62, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
ALABASTER HOTEL, Alabaster: ALR10C568, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABASTER PLANT, Alabaster: ALG110266, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
ALABASTER POLICE DEPARTMENT, Alabaster: ALR10BHNE, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
ALABASTER RECREATION CENTER & LIBRARY, Alabaster: ALR10C6U5, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	ALABASTER PLANT
Permittee as filed	Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC
NPDES ID	AL0024473
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	February 1, 2012
Expiration date	January 31, 2017
Address	Alabaster, AL 35007
Subwatershed	Prairie Brook-Buck Creek (HUC 031502020203)
NAICS	327410 – Lime Manufacturing
SIC	1422 – Crushed And Broken Limestone
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000025981; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000111700017

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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	4	3	3	May 31, 2021	64% over the limit
Sulfate [as S]	4	0	0
pH	4	0	0
Oil & Grease	4	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	4	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	4	0	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	4	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	0	0
Solids, total dissolved	4	0	0
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]	4	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0024473.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0024473.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0024473.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0024473 for the ALABASTER PLANT in Alabaster, AL, held by Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC, and shows its status as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Prairie Brook-Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 031502020203).