Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0072109
SSAB ALABAMA INC., Axis, AL: NPDES AL0072109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SSAB ALABAMA INC., held by SSAB Alabama Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0072109. EPA’s file records it issued January 21, 2021 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 | SSAB ALABAMA INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SSAB Alabama Inc. |
| NPDES ID | AL0072109 |
| 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 | January 21, 2021 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2026 |
| Address | Axis, AL 36505 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mittlin Lake (HUC 031602040202) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000014183; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109708065 |
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
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 18 | 8 | June 30, 2011 | 106% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 13 | 3 | April 30, 2009 | 139% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | |
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute D. Pulex | 0 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 178% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 1% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 19 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 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 AL0072109.
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.