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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0084501

MEADOWS PIT, Lowndesboro, AL: NPDES AL0084501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MEADOWS PIT, held by Ferroglobe USA Quartz, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0084501. EPA’s file records it issued February 24, 2026 and expiring February 23, 2031. 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 MEADOWS PIT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Lowndesboro, Alabama, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AL0084501.

Identity

Facility as filedMEADOWS PIT
Permittee as filedFerroglobe USA Quartz, Inc.
NPDES IDAL0084501
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 24, 2026
Expiration dateFebruary 23, 2031
Issuing agencyState
AddressLowndesboro, AL 36752
SubwatershedTensaw Creek (HUC 031502010505)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2000
Solids, total suspended2000
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2000

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0084501.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0084501.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AL0084501 for MEADOWS PIT in Lowndesboro, Alabama, held by Ferroglobe USA Quartz, Inc., with an effective status and minor discharger class 3. The register lists 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, with the permit issued February 24, 2026 and expiring February 23, 2031.