Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0074276

RESEARCH SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., Pelham, AL: NPDES AL0074276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

RESEARCH SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., held by Research Solutions Group, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0074276. EPA’s file records it issued January 4, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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	RESEARCH SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
Permittee as filed	Research Solutions Group, Inc.
NPDES ID	AL0074276
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 4, 2017
Expiration date	January 31, 2022
Address	Pelham, AL 35124
Subwatershed	Cahaba Valley Creek (HUC 031502020202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD072095169; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000111700033

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
17With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	2	24	4	March 31, 2015	3,060% over the limit
pH	4	41	3	May 31, 2003
Oil and grease	0	21	2	July 31, 2004	33% over the limit
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	2	21	1	March 31, 2015	497% over the limit
Oil & Grease	2	9	1	June 30, 2015	93% over the limit
Trichloroethylene	2	24	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	24	0
Solids, total suspended	2	21	0
Methylene chloride	2	16	0
Organics, total toxic [TTO]	2	13	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	8	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	8	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	8	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	8	0
Dichloromethane	0	6	0
Methylene chloride, dry weight	0	6	0
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]	0	4	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 AL0074276.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0074276 held by Research Solutions Group, Inc. in Pelham, AL, a minor discharger under an individual permit that is administratively continued past its January 31, 2022 expiration date. The page lists 13 discharger-class entries, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.