Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050580
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, Emelle, AL: NPDES AL0050580 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, held by Waste Management Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0050580. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 | WASTE MANAGEMENT INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Waste Management Inc |
| NPDES ID | AL0050580 |
| 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 28, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Address | Emelle, AL 35459 |
| Subwatershed | Factory Creek (HUC 031601060702) |
| NAICS | 562211 – Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000622464; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000111900008 |
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
- 45Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 44With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 0 | 301 | 18 | January 31, 2013 | |
| Stream flow, estimated | 1 | 40 | 11 | April 30, 2009 | 95,900% over the limit |
| pH | 26 | 226 | 4 | April 30, 2009 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 21 | 216 | 2 | March 31, 2009 | 900% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 15 | 2 | June 30, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 93 | 1 | March 31, 2009 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 88 | 1 | December 31, 2009 | 30% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 14 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Halogen, total organic | 12 | 148 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 12 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 113 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 107 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 3 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Aniline | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| p-Cresol | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Aldrin | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDD | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-octyl phthalate | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-BHC | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1260 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor epoxide | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 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 AL0050580.
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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