Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0068365

ETOWAH CHEMICAL SALES AND SERVICE MANUFACTURING PLANT, Gadsden, AL: NPDES AL0068365 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ETOWAH CHEMICAL SALES AND SERVICE MANUFACTURING PLANT, held by Etowah Chemical Sales and Service, holds NPDES permit AL0068365. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025.

ETOWAH CHEMICAL SALES AND SERVICE MANUFACTURING PLANT, Gadsden, Alabama: Individual permit AL0068365, held by Etowah Chemical Sales and Service; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 1, 2020, term to September 30, 2025; All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing.

Oil and grease: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2006, largest 25% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Surfactants [MBAS]: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 27, 2026: Evaluation (S).

ETOWAH CHEMICAL SALES AND SERVICE MANUFACTURING PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Black Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501060107), AL0068365 among them. Its county holds 195, 4 of them major permits; AL0068365 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Black Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501060107)

BR 0001(565) PS1624, Gadsden: ALR10B594, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
CITY OF GADSDEN- ATHLETICS CENTER, Gadsden: ALR10C7V9, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
FAMILY DOLLAR - GADSDEN, Gadsden: ALR10C0AQ, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
FOOD CITY - GADSDEN, Gadsden: ALR10C39K, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
GADSDEN ATHLETICS CENTER, Gadsden: ALR10C7D6, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
GADSDEN SOUTH 11TH STREET-REALIGNMENT AND RESURFACING, Gadsden: ALR10C85D, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
GADSDEN-AGRICOLA DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, Gadsden: ALR10C6CR, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
KEENER DS 115KV, Gadsden: ALR10BFA9, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
MAGNECO/METREL, INC. - GADSDEN, Gadsden: ALNE00597, minor permit, permit term to October 16, 2028
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL WWTP, Gadsden: AL0059544, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	ETOWAH CHEMICAL SALES AND SERVICE MANUFACTURING PLANT
Permittee as filed	Etowah Chemical Sales and Service
NPDES ID	AL0068365
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 1, 2020
Expiration date	September 30, 2025
Address	Gadsden, AL 35904
Subwatershed	Black Creek (HUC 031501060107)
NAICS	339999 – All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
SIC	5169 – Chemicals & Allied Products

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With 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	0	3	1	June 30, 2006	25% over the limit
pH	2	11	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	5	0
Surfactants [MBAS]	1	3	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	2	0
Solids, total suspended	1	2	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	2	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	1	0
Oil & Grease	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0068365.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 27, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0068365.

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This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit AL0068365 for the Etowah Chemical Sales and Service manufacturing plant in Gadsden, AL, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Black Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501060107).