Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0065773
US STEEL FAIRFIELD WORKS -EXUM SITE, Fairfield, AL: NPDES AL0065773 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
US STEEL FAIRFIELD WORKS -EXUM SITE, held by US Steel Corporation, holds NPDES permit AL0065773. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 | US STEEL FAIRFIELD WORKS -EXUM SITE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | US Steel Corporation |
| NPDES ID | AL0065773 |
| 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 | September 23, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Address | Fairfield, AL 35064 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD002904506; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300371 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0065773.
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 AL0065773.
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.