Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0054542
GIANT RESOURCE RECOVERY - ATTALLA INC., Attalla, AL: NPDES AL0054542 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GIANT RESOURCE RECOVERY - ATTALLA INC., held by Giant Resource Recovery - Attalla Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0054542. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2018 and expiring May 31, 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 | GIANT RESOURCE RECOVERY - ATTALLA INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Giant Resource Recovery - Attalla Inc. |
| NPDES ID | AL0054542 |
| 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 | May 21, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Address | Attalla, AL 35954 |
| Subwatershed | Little Wills Creek (HUC 031501060106) |
| NAICS | 236210 – Industrial Building Construction |
| SIC | 1541 – Industrial Buildings And Warehouses |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD070513767; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000105500019 |
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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 6 | 121 | 3 | June 30, 2008 | |
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2014 | 14% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 117 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 4 | 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 AL0054542.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.