Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050539

BAKERHILL STOCKPILES, Bakerhill, AL: NPDES AL0050539 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BAKERHILL STOCKPILES, held by Imerys Refractory Minerals USA, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0050539. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2020.

BAKERHILL STOCKPILES, Bakerhill, Alabama: Individual permit AL0050539, held by Imerys Refractory Minerals USA, Inc.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 14, 2015, term to December 31, 2020; Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining.

pH: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

January 13, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by Imerys Refractory Minerals USA, Inc.

ESPY PIT, Eufaula: AL0056227, issued December 14, 2015
SMITH LEE PIT # 1, PHASE III, Eufaula: AL0057894, issued June 14, 2021
GREEN PIT #1, Eufaula: AL0058131, issued December 14, 2015
J.R. WOOD PITS #8 & #23, Eufaula: AL0058271, issued October 28, 2019
MCLEOD PIT #20, Eufaula: AL0059111, issued April 1, 2015
VICKERS PIT, Abbeville: AL0068128, issued August 31, 2015
AP GREEN PLANT, Eufaula: AL0069353, issued May 21, 2015
THREATT PITS 1,2, 8, Eufaula: AL0072885, issued December 14, 2015
JB CLARK PIT #1, Eufaula: AL0076228, issued February 12, 2015
MCKELLON - SEABORN PITS, Eufaula: AL0080845, issued March 24, 2017

BAKERHILL STOCKPILES among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the White Oak Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300031312), AL0050539 among them. Its county holds 93, 1 of them major permits; AL0050539 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the White Oak Creek subwatershed (HUC 031300031312)

GACHET PITS, Eufaula: AL0082520, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2020
RICHARDS BAUXITE PIT, Eufaula: AL0080772, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016

Identity

Facility as filed	BAKERHILL STOCKPILES
Permittee as filed	Imerys Refractory Minerals USA, Inc.
NPDES ID	AL0050539
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	December 14, 2015
Expiration date	December 31, 2020
Address	Bakerhill, AL 36027
Subwatershed	White Oak Creek (HUC 031300031312)
NAICS	212323 – Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
SIC	1455 – Kaolin And Ball Clay

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	4	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	2	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0050539.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0050539.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 13, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 AL0050539.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit AL0050539 for BAKERHILL STOCKPILES in Bakerhill, Alabama, held by Imerys Refractory Minerals USA, Inc. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 5, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.