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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0065579

GREAT SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES, Haleyville, AL: NPDES AL0065579 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GREAT SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES, held by Great Southern Enterprises, holds NPDES permit AL0065579. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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 filedGREAT SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES
Permittee as filedGreat Southern Enterprises
NPDES IDAL0065579
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 23, 2019
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2024
AddressHaleyville, AL 35565
SubwatershedUpper Clear Creek (HUC 031601100302)
NAICS321114 – Wood Preservation
SIC2491 – Wood Preserving
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD004008587

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 & Grease141June 30, 202173% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1230
pH2200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1100
Chloride [as Cl]1100
Arsenic, total recoverable1100
Chromium, total recoverable190
Copper, total recoverable190
Solids, total suspended180
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]160
Oil and grease050
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia050
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]100

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 AL0065579.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0065579, held by GREAT SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES in Haleyville, AL, a minor discharger that is administratively continued after its January 31, 2024 expiration date. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.