Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120010

NATIONAL METALS, INC, Leeds, AL: NPDES ALG120010 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NATIONAL METALS, INC, held by NATIONAL METALS INC, holds NPDES permit ALG120010, which discharges to Little Cahaba River. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012.

NATIONAL METALS, INC, Leeds, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG120010, held by NATIONAL METALS INC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 27, 2007, term to September 30, 2012; discharges to LITTLE CAHABA RIVER.

pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

NATIONAL METALS, INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 81 discharge permits in the Little Cahaba River subwatershed (HUC 031502020103), ALG120010 among them. Its county holds 1,063, 13 of them major permits; ALG120010 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Cahaba River subwatershed (HUC 031502020103)

7027 MEADOWLARK DR, Birmingham: ALR10C5EK, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALDEN GLEN 5TH & 6TH SECTORS, Moody: ALR10A348, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
ALDI - LEEDS, Leeds: ALR10C7ZN, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
ARBOR RIDGE SUBDIVISION, Moody: ALR10C3UX, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ARBOR VALLEY SUBDIVISION, Moody: ALR10C59A, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BIG WHISKEY, Hoover: ALR10C5JD, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BR-0119(513) PS 2160, Leeds: ALR10C6HQ, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BRAYFIELD CROSSING A - 24155, Vestavia: ALR10C5EM, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BROOK HIGHLAND 26TH SECTOR FIRST ADDITION, Birmingham: ALR10AU81, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
CAHABA MARKET, Hoover: ALR10C09R, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	NATIONAL METALS, INC
Permittee as filed	NATIONAL METALS INC
NPDES ID	ALG120010
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 27, 2007
Expiration date	September 30, 2012
Address	Leeds, AL 35094
Receiving water	LITTLE CAHABA RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Cahaba River (HUC 031502020103)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD063678114; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300490

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
17With 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
pH	2	5
Solids, total suspended	1	2
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	2
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	1	2
Cyanide, total [as CN]	1	2
Arsenic, total recoverable	1	2
Nickel, total recoverable	1	2
Silver total recoverable	1	2
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	2
Aluminum, total recoverable	1	2
Cadmium, total recoverable	1	2
Lead, total recoverable	1	2
Chromium, total recoverable	1	2
Copper, total recoverable	1	2
Oil and grease	1	2
Rainfall	1	2
Mercury, total [as Hg]	1	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG120010.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG120010.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG120010.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES ALG120010.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit ALG120010, held by NATIONAL METALS, INC of Leeds, AL, which discharges to the Little Cahaba River in subwatershed HUC 031502020103. The permit is listed as a minor discharger class permit, administratively continued, and the page reports 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.