Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150148

BEN E. KEITH COMPANY, INC.-KELLEY FOODS DIVISION, Elba, AL: NPDES ALG150148 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BEN E. KEITH COMPANY, INC.-KELLEY FOODS DIVISION, held by Ben E. Keith Company, Inc. - Kelley Foods Division, holds NPDES permit ALG150148. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	BEN E. KEITH COMPANY, INC.-KELLEY FOODS DIVISION
Permittee as filed	Ben E. Keith Company, Inc. - Kelley Foods Division
NPDES ID	ALG150148
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	May 16, 2022
Expiration date	May 31, 2027
Issuing agency	State
Address	Elba, AL 36323
Subwatershed	Helms Mill Creek (HUC 031402020603)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Solids, total suspended	1	44	2	May 31, 2005	82% over the limit
pH	2	86	1	September 30, 2004
Oil and grease	0	34	1	June 30, 2009	173% over the limit
Phosphate, ortho [as P]	0	1	1	March 31, 2005	18% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	42	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	33	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	9	0
Oil & Grease	1	9	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	9	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	9	0
Rainfall	1	9	0
Annual Certification Statement	1	0	0

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 ALG150148.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG150148.

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 ALG150148.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG150148, held by Ben E. Keith Company, Inc. - Kelley Foods Division in Elba, AL, an effective industrial stormwater permit for a minor discharger issued May 16, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 9 of them under a numeric limit, 11 with a violation of any kind, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.