Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120361

ZF CHASSIS SYSTEMS LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES ALG120361 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

ZF CHASSIS SYSTEMS LLC, held by ZF Chassis Systems, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG120361. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017.

ZF CHASSIS SYSTEMS LLC, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG120361, held by ZF Chassis Systems, LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 25, 2012, term to September 30, 2017.

pH: 4 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total recoverable: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver total recoverable: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total recoverable: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Annual Certification Statement: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 297 were issued before ALG120361.

Coverages issued nearest ALG120361

September 10, 2012: BRANTLEY ASPHALT PLANT, Brantley, ALG020131, held by APAC Mid-South, Inc.
September 13, 2012: WASTE MANAGEMENT - VERNON, Vernon, ALG140631, held by Waste Away Group, Inc.
September 14, 2012: API HEAT TRANSFER THERMASYS CORPORATION, Montgomery, ALG120048, held by Thermasys Corporation
September 17, 2012: PRECISION PLATING, INC., Birmingham, ALG120524, held by Precision Plating, Inc.
September 17, 2012: MOUNT VERNON MILLS, INC.,AVONDALE TRUCKING, Sylacauga, ALG140003, held by Mount Vernon Mills Inc. (formerly Avondale Mills Inc.)
September 25, 2012: YRC FREIGHT 421, Birmingham, ALG140067, held by YRC, Inc.
September 25, 2012: MCWANE HANGAR, Birmingham, ALG140934, held by McWane Hangar
September 25, 2012: KELLEY AND SPURLOCK AUTO PARTS INC, Attalla, ALG180281, held by Kelley And Spurlock Auto Parts, Inc.
September 25, 2012: A&S RECYCLING LLC, Tuskegee, ALG180779, held by A & S Recycling, LLC
September 25, 2012: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, Prattville, ALG200098, held by Graham Packaging Company

ZF CHASSIS SYSTEMS LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 42 discharge permits in the Jay Creek-Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601130202), ALG120361 among them. Its county holds 543, 4 of them major permits; ALG120361 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Jay Creek-Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601130202)

5TH STREET OFFICE WAREHOUSE, Northport: ALR10C02Z, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
ALABAMA PAPER PRODUCTS, LLC, Tuscaloosa: ALG060445, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2022
ASOCRIUM NORTH AMERICA, INC., Tuscaloosa: ALG200080, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
BLACK WARRIOR SWD AUTHORITY, Coker: ALG160051, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2027
BMP BLACK WARRIOR, Coker: ALR10C67H, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BR-0006(57) PS 2226, Coker: ALR10C67W, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
COKE STOCKYARD, Tuscaloosa: AL0079855, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2013
COKER WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Coker: AL0053368, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO BIG CREEK, permit term to December 31, 2006
COKER WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Coker: ALG640064, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2023
CORAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Northport: ALR10AU11, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016

Identity

Facility as filed	ZF CHASSIS SYSTEMS LLC
Permittee as filed	ZF Chassis Systems, LLC
NPDES ID	ALG120361
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	September 25, 2012
Expiration date	September 30, 2017
Address	Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Subwatershed	Jay Creek-Big Creek (HUC 031601130202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000004341

Effluent limits and exceedances

19Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
19With 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	4	13
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	6
Nickel, total recoverable	2	6
Silver total recoverable	2	6
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	6
Cadmium, total recoverable	2	6
Mercury, total [as Hg]	2	6
Solids, total suspended	1	6
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	6
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	1	6
Arsenic, total recoverable	1	6
Aluminum, total recoverable	1	6
Lead, total recoverable	1	6
Chromium, total recoverable	1	6
Copper, total recoverable	1	6
Rainfall	1	4
Oil & Grease	1	3
Oil and grease	0	3
Annual Certification Statement	0	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG120361.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG120361.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG120361.

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 ALG120361.

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This page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit ALG120361, held by ZF Chassis Systems, LLC in Tuscaloosa, AL, covering industrial stormwater as a minor discharger under an administratively continued status. The listed figures are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, 19 pollutants on the effluent limits list, and a permit issued September 25, 2012 with an expiration date of September 30, 2017.