Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0065331
3M COMPANY GUIN, Guin, AL: NPDES AL0065331 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3M COMPANY GUIN, held by 3M GUIN SAFETY SYSTEMS, holds NPDES permit AL0065331, which discharges to Purgatory Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2004 and expiring May 31, 2009. 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 | 3M COMPANY GUIN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | 3M GUIN SAFETY SYSTEMS |
| NPDES ID | AL0065331 |
| 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 13, 2004 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2009 |
| Address | Guin, AL 35563 |
| Receiving water | PURGATORY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Wickett Creek-Beaver Creek (HUC 031601030201) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD004019691; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109300004 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 2 | 4 | 1 | March 31, 2009 | 62% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 3 | 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 AL0065331.
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.