Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0054941
NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC., Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES AL0054941 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC., held by Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0054941. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc |
| NPDES ID | AL0054941 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial pretreatment |
| Issued | August 14, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2018 |
| Address | Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 |
| Subwatershed | Two Mile Creek (HUC 031601120505) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD982088437; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112500033 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 84 | 8 | March 31, 2011 | 833% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 27 | 5 | June 30, 2017 | 953% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 86 | 1 | February 29, 2024 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 89 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 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 AL0054941.
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 September 15, 2026.