Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG140129
WESTERN EXPRESS, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG140129 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
WESTERN EXPRESS, held by Western Express, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG140129. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2014 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 | WESTERN EXPRESS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Western Express, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALG140129 |
| 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 29, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Birmingham, AL 35214 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408) |
| SIC | 4231 – Trucking Terminal Facilities |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD983178310 |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG140129.
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 ALG140129.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG140129.
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 ALG140129.
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.