Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120670
NUCOR STEEL BIRMINGHAM, INC., Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG120670 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR STEEL BIRMINGHAM, INC., held by Nucor Steel Birmingham, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG120670. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NUCOR STEEL BIRMINGHAM, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nucor Steel Birmingham, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALG120670 |
| 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 27, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Birmingham, AL 35234 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000622852; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300260 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 1 | 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 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR464a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR464b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR464c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR464d] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG120670.
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 ALG120670.
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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