Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120677
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC., Cherokee, AL: NPDES ALG120677 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC., held by Navistar, holds NPDES permit ALG120677. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 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 | FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Navistar |
| NPDES ID | ALG120677 |
| 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 1, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Cherokee, AL 35616 |
| Subwatershed | Tanyard Branch-Cane Creek (HUC 060300050807) |
| SIC | 3711 – Motor Vehicles And Car Bodies |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000047332 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 30With 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 | 8 | 308 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 175 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Annual Certification Statement | 0 | 5 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG120677.
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 ALG120677.
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 October 14, 2026.