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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150039

BIG HEART PET BRANDS, Decatur, AL: NPDES ALG150039 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIG HEART PET BRANDS, held by Big Heart Pet Brands, holds NPDES permit ALG150039. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.

BIG HEART PET BRANDS, Decatur, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG150039, held by Big Heart Pet Brands; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 15, 2017, term to May 31, 2022, by State; Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing.

  • Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2024, largest 53% over the limit.
  • Oil and grease: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2010, largest 20% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Rainfall: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 919 were issued before ALG150039.

Coverages issued nearest ALG150039

BIG HEART PET BRANDS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 122 discharge permits in the Bakers Creek-Tennessee River subwatershed (HUC 060300021102), ALG150039 among them. Its county holds 327, 5 of them major permits; ALG150039 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bakers Creek-Tennessee River subwatershed (HUC 060300021102)

Identity

Facility as filedBIG HEART PET BRANDS
Permittee as filedBig Heart Pet Brands
NPDES IDALG150039
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
IssuedMay 15, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
Issuing agencyState
AddressDecatur, AL 35601
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBakers Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300021102)
NAICS311111 – Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
SIC2047 – Dog And Cat Food
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD058134354; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000110300031

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 & Grease174June 30, 202453% over the limit
Oil and grease032June 30, 201020% over the limit
pH2170
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C140
Solids, total suspended140
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]140
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]140
Phosphorus, total [as P]140
Rainfall140

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG150039.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG150039.

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 ALG150039.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ALG150039, held by Big Heart Pet Brands in Decatur, AL, which is administratively continued past its May 31, 2022 expiration and was issued May 15, 2017. The page lists a Minor discharger class, 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.