Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120019
SIMS METAL WORKS, Lanett, AL: NPDES ALG120019 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
SIMS METAL WORKS, held by Lynn Duncan, holds NPDES permit ALG120019. EPA’s file records it issued October 26, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SIMS METAL WORKS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lynn Duncan |
| NPDES ID | ALG120019 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | October 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Lanett, AL 36863 |
| Subwatershed | Moores Creek (HUC 031300020907) |
| SIC | 3499 – Fabricated Metal Products |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 126 | 8 | October 31, 2013 | 1,479% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 ALG120019.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG120019.
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 ALG120019.
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 October 14, 2026.