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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150144

BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND TALLOW - BESSEMER, Bessemer, AL: NPDES ALG150144 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND TALLOW - BESSEMER, held by Birmingham Hide and Tallow Company, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG150144. EPA’s file records it issued May 19, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. 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 filedBIRMINGHAM HIDE AND TALLOW - BESSEMER
Permittee as filedBirmingham Hide and Tallow Company, Inc.
NPDES IDALG150144
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedMay 19, 2022
Expiration dateMay 31, 2027
Issuing agencyState
AddressBessemer, AL 35023
SubwatershedFive Mile Creek-Valley Creek (HUC 031601120102)
NAICS311613 – Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
SIC2077 – Animal And Marine Fats And Oils
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300057

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

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]1127July 31, 20101,660% over the limit
Solids, total suspended194July 31, 2010356% over the limit
pH2122April 30, 2009
Oil and grease050
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]110
Oil & Grease100
Rainfall100
Annual Certification Statement100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG150144.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG150144 for BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND TALLOW - BESSEMER in Bessemer, AL, held by Birmingham Hide and Tallow Company, Inc., with status listed as Effective, issued May 19, 2022, and expiring May 31, 2027. The page lists a Minor discharger class, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, under the industrial stormwater program in subwatershed Five Mile Creek-Valley Creek (HUC 031601120102).