Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0042447
ARKEMA INC, Axis, AL: NPDES AL0042447 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 86Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARKEMA INC, held by Arkema Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0042447. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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 | ARKEMA INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Arkema Inc |
| NPDES ID | AL0042447 |
| 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 | Industrial pretreatment |
| Issued | January 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Axis, AL 36505 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cold Creek (HUC 031602040105) |
| NAICS | 325180 – Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2819 – Industrial Inorganic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000827154; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109700133 |
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
- 88Pollutants on file
- 86Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 88 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 14 | 4 | January 31, 2017 | 462% over the limit |
| Tin, tri-organo- | 7 | 22 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | 43% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2009 | 473% over the limit |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 3 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2022 | 62% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2010 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2010 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 5 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 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 AL0042447.
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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