Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0078611

NO BUSINESS CREEK MINE, Empire, AL: NPDES AL0078611 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NO BUSINESS CREEK MINE, held by Mcwane, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0078611. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2021 and expiring July 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.

What the register holds for NO BUSINESS CREEK MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Empire, Alabama, and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AL0078611.

Identity

Facility as filed	NO BUSINESS CREEK MINE
Permittee as filed	Mcwane, Inc.
NPDES ID	AL0078611
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 28, 2021
Expiration date	July 31, 2026
Address	Empire, AL 35063
Subwatershed	Sloan Creek (HUC 031601090206)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
0With 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	36	0	0
Specific conductance	24	0	0
Sulfate [as S]	24	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	24	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	18	0	0
Solids, total suspended	12	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	12	0	0
Solids, settleable	6	0	0
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]	6	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	3	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	3	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0078611.

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 AL0078611.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

The page covers NPDES permit AL0078611 for NO BUSINESS CREEK MINE in Empire, AL, held by Mcwane, Inc., with a status of Effective and an individual, minor-discharger permit type. The register lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.