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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0065137

HEXCEL CORPORATION, Decatur, AL: NPDES AL0065137 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HEXCEL CORPORATION, held by Hexcel Corporation, holds NPDES permit AL0065137. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2018 and expiring January 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 filedHEXCEL CORPORATION
Permittee as filedHexcel Corporation
NPDES IDAL0065137
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 30, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
AddressDecatur, AL 35601
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSpring Creek-Mud Creek (HUC 060300021105)
NAICS325220 – Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
SIC2824 – Organic Fibers, Noncellulosic
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALR000007948; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000110300058

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil & Grease722December 31, 2024153% over the limit
pH1480
Solids, total suspended740
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]740
Acrylonitrile740
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant740
Oil and grease040
Nitrogen, total [as N]700
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]700
Annual Certification Statement100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0065137.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0065137, held by HEXCEL CORPORATION in Decatur, AL, and lists the permit as administratively continued, with 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued January 30, 2018, expired January 31, 2023, and is classed as a Minor Discharger, with the subwatershed Spring Creek-Mud Creek (HUC 060300021105).