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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0065170

COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS CORPORATION - CHIPCO TERMINAL, Mobile, AL: NPDES AL0065170 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS CORPORATION - CHIPCO TERMINAL, held by Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation, holds NPDES permit AL0065170. EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 filedCOOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS CORPORATION - CHIPCO TERMINAL
Permittee as filedCooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation
NPDES IDAL0065170
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
IssuedMarch 26, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2025
AddressMobile, AL 36610
SubwatershedTensaw River-Apalachee River (HUC 031602040505)
NAICS488310 – Port and Harbor Operations
SIC4412 – Deep Sea Foreign Trans. Of Freight
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALR000058347; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109700102

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]42011December 31, 20232,400% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]41910June 30, 202420,900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4193December 31, 2025271% over the limit
Oil & Grease272December 31, 201367% over the limit
pH4390
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]2140
Oil and grease0100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C270
Lead, total [as Pb]270
Zinc, total [as Zn]270
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]270
Phosphorus, total [as P]260
Chromium, total [as Cr]260
Copper, total [as Cu]260

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 AL0065170.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit AL0065170 held by Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation for the CHIPCO Terminal in Mobile, AL, which EPA's file shows as issued March 26, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025, now administratively continued. The page lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and classifies the facility as a Minor discharger in the Tensaw River-Apalachee River subwatershed (HUC 031602040505).