Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0074667
ESSITY PROFESSIONAL HYGIENE NORTH AMERICA, LLC, Cherokee, AL: NPDES AL0074667 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ESSITY PROFESSIONAL HYGIENE NORTH AMERICA, LLC, held by Essity Professional Hygiene North America, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0074667. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 | ESSITY PROFESSIONAL HYGIENE NORTH AMERICA, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Essity Professional Hygiene North America, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0074667 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 19, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Cherokee, AL 35616 |
| Subwatershed | Coffee Slough-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050808) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000029868; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000103300055 |
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
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2006 | 13,426% over the limit |
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 201% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free available | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 331% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorophenol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 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 AL0074667.
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.