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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150163

O.K. FOODS, INC. PLANT 1, Albertville, AL: NPDES ALG150163 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

O.K. FOODS, INC. PLANT 1, held by O.K. Foods, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG150163. EPA’s file records it issued May 4, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 filedO.K. FOODS, INC. PLANT 1
Permittee as filedO.K. Foods, Inc.
NPDES IDALG150163
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 4, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
AddressAlbertville, AL 35950
SubwatershedUpper Slab Creek (HUC 031601110105)
NAICS311991 – Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
SIC2011 – Meat Packing Plants
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source AL000000010950OKF1

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
Oil & Grease3113December 31, 2025293% over the limit
pH6170
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]3100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C370
Solids, total suspended370
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]370
Phosphorus, total [as P]370
Rainfall370

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 ALG150163.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG150163, held by O.K. Foods, Inc. for its Albertville, AL plant, which is listed as an administratively continued minor discharger under an industrial stormwater program. The facts list the permit as issued May 4, 2017 with an expiration date of May 31, 2022, and show 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.