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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG140970

FORESTDALE EXPRESS CARWASH, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG140970 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORESTDALE EXPRESS CARWASH, held by BGI Business Solutions, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG140970. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022.

FORESTDALE EXPRESS CARWASH, Birmingham, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG140970, held by BGI Business Solutions, LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 22, 2017, term to September 30, 2022; Car Washes.

  • Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 25 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 1,127% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 3,080% over the limit.
  • pH: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2019.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2018, largest 194% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,208 were issued before ALG140970.

Coverages issued nearest ALG140970

FORESTDALE EXPRESS CARWASH among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 100 discharge permits in the Upper Village Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601110408), ALG140970 among them. Its county holds 1,063, 13 of them major permits; ALG140970 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Village Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601110408)

Identity

Facility as filedFORESTDALE EXPRESS CARWASH
Permittee as filedBGI Business Solutions, LLC
NPDES IDALG140970
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedAugust 22, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressBirmingham, AL 35214
SubwatershedUpper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408)
NAICS811192 – Car Washes
SIC7542 – Carwashes

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil & Grease22525March 31, 20261,127% over the limit
Solids, total suspended21010July 31, 20253,080% over the limit
pH422February 28, 2019
Phosphorus, total [as P]211September 30, 2018194% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C230
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG140970.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG140970.

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 ALG140970.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG140970 for FORESTDALE EXPRESS CARWASH in Birmingham, AL, held by BGI Business Solutions, LLC, a minor discharger under an industrial stormwater program with an administratively continued status. The page lists 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.