Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0025275

UNITED REFINING COMPANY - VULCAN ASPHALT TERMINAL, Cordova, AL: NPDES AL0025275 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

UNITED REFINING COMPANY - VULCAN ASPHALT TERMINAL, held by United Refining Company, holds NPDES permit AL0025275. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022.

UNITED REFINING COMPANY - VULCAN ASPHALT TERMINAL, Cordova, Alabama: Individual permit AL0025275, held by United Refining Company; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 30, 2017, term to June 30, 2022; Petroleum Refineries.

Oil and grease: 0 limits, 201 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2004, largest 240% over the limit.
pH: 8 limits, 218 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 16 limits, 109 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 109 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 0 limits, 93 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 78 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 16 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toluene: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ethylbenzene: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

UNITED REFINING COMPANY - VULCAN ASPHALT TERMINAL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 61 discharge permits in the Town Creek-Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601090601), AL0025275 among them. Its county holds 191, 2 of them major permits; AL0025275 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Town Creek-Cane Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601090601)

19TH STREET WEST SIDEWALK REMEDIATION & IMPROVEMENTS, Jasper: ALR10BEA9, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
ADDISON RAIL SIDING, Jasper: AL0074438, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2017
ALABAMA ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRAINING CENTER, Jasper: ALR10C5YV, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BLU CUT, I-22 DEVELOPMENT, Jasper: ALR10C6AR, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, INC., Jasper: ALG141059, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
BRANNON RECYCLING, INC., Jasper: ALG180673, minor permit, discharging to TANYARD CREEK, permit term to September 30, 2012
BSCC AEITC PACKAGE C, Jasper: ALR10C860, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
CANE CREEK MINE, Parrish: AL0078832, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2013
CITY OF JASPER INERT/INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL, Jasper: ALG160034, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2022
CORDOVA ELEMENTARY, Cordova: ALR10C622, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	UNITED REFINING COMPANY - VULCAN ASPHALT TERMINAL
Permittee as filed	United Refining Company
NPDES ID	AL0025275
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	June 30, 2017
Expiration date	June 30, 2022
Address	Cordova, AL 35550
Subwatershed	Town Creek-Cane Creek (HUC 031601090601)
NAICS	324110 – Petroleum Refineries
SIC	2911 – Petroleum Refining
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD000776658; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112700002

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
8With 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
Oil and grease	0	201	3	June 30, 2004	240% over the limit
pH	8	218	0
Solids, total suspended	16	109	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	109	0
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	0	93	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	78	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	2	16	0
Oil & Grease	16	6	0
Toluene	2	0	0
Benzene	2	0	0
Ethylbenzene	2	0	0
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0025275.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0025275.

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 AL0025275.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0025275 for United Refining Company's Vulcan Asphalt Terminal in Cordova, AL, which is listed as administratively continued after its June 30, 2022 expiration. The page reports a permit status of Minor Discharger class 10, with 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.