Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG140800

BESSEMER UTILITIES, Bessemer, AL: NPDES ALG140800 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BESSEMER UTILITIES, held by City of Bessemer, holds NPDES permit ALG140800. EPA’s file records it issued December 19, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2017.

BESSEMER UTILITIES, Bessemer, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG140800, held by City of Bessemer; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 19, 2013, term to September 30, 2017.

pH: 2 limits, 396 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2020.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 197 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2019, largest 340% over the limit.
Phosphate, ortho [as P]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2006, largest 586% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 192 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 183 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 121 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 121 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 71 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 467 were issued before ALG140800. City of Bessemer holds 2 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by City of Bessemer

CITY OF BESSEMER MS4 PH I, Bessemer: ALS000022, issued November 30, 2017

Coverages issued nearest ALG140800

November 18, 2013: D&D LLC BORROW PIT, Eufaula, ALG890228, held by D&D LLC
November 18, 2013: FIRESTONE BORROW PIT, Hokes Bluff, ALG890234, held by Felix Firestone
November 21, 2013: REMINGTON OUTDOOR COMPANY, Huntsville, ALG120479, held by Remington Outdoor Company
November 21, 2013: LOG CABIN GROCERY, Athens, ALG340558, held by Hicks Oil Co Inc
December 10, 2013: BOCKMAN PIT, Deatsville, ALG850048, held by American Woodworking And Cabinetry, LLC
December 23, 2013: C & D AUTO PARTS, Mccalla, ALG180625, held by C & D Auto Parts
January 1, 2014: APACHE MACHINE AND SUPPLY COMPANY, Birmingham, ALG140765, held by Apache Machine and Supply Company
January 15, 2014: STRICKLAND CO RD 12 PIT, Foley, ALG890242, held by Strickland Construction, Inc.
January 27, 2014: ATLANTA HIGHWAY FOOD MART, Montgomery, ALG340659, held by Interstate Oil Company, Inc.
January 27, 2014: SMITH PIT, Castleberry, ALG890260, held by Shirley Smith

BESSEMER UTILITIES among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 70 discharge permits in the Five Mile Creek-Valley Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601120102), ALG140800 among them. Its county holds 1,063, 13 of them major permits; ALG140800 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Five Mile Creek-Valley Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601120102)

2475 FIVE STAR PARKWAY, Bessemer: ALR10C77R, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
84 LUMBER EXPANSION PROJECT, Bessemer: ALR10C06U, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
ACADEMY DRIVE OFFICE WAREHOUSE PHASE 2, Bessemer: ALR10C87R, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
AMAZON.COM - BHM1, Bessemer: ALG141095, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027
AT&T JOHNS RD, BESSEMER, AL A05CYE4, Bessemer: ALR10C836, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
ATRP2-37-2022-037() PS 2212, Bessemer: ALR10C5U3, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BAMA CONCRETE BIRMINGHAM BESSEMER PLANT, Bessemer: ALG110372, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
BESSEMER ASPHALT PLANT, Bessemer: ALG020089, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
BESSEMER FACILITY, Bessemer: ALG340299, minor permit, discharging to HALLS CREEK, permit term to January 31, 2012
BESSEMER QUARRY, Bessemer: AL0069035, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2020

Identity

Facility as filed	BESSEMER UTILITIES
Permittee as filed	City of Bessemer
NPDES ID	ALG140800
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	December 19, 2013
Expiration date	September 30, 2017
Address	Bessemer, AL 35020
Subwatershed	Five Mile Creek-Valley Creek (HUC 031601120102)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
3With 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	396	12	May 31, 2020
Solids, total suspended	1	197	5	July 31, 2019	340% over the limit
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	0	3	3	March 31, 2006	586% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	192	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	183	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	121	0
Oil & Grease	1	121	0
Oil and grease	0	71	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG140800.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG140800.

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 ALG140800.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG140800 for BESSEMER UTILITIES in Bessemer, AL, held by City of Bessemer and administratively continued, with the permit issued December 19, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2017. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit and 3 with an effluent exceedance, within the Five Mile Creek-Valley Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601120102).