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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150167

SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC, Decatur, AL: NPDES ALG150167 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC, held by Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG150167. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2014 and expiring May 31, 2017. 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 filedSAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC
Permittee as filedSaputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
NPDES IDALG150167
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
IssuedJuly 28, 2014
Expiration dateMay 31, 2017
AddressDecatur, AL 35601
SubwatershedLower Flint Creek (HUC 060300021014)
SIC2026 – Fluid Milk
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALR000024489; ICIS-AIR source AL000000011030SDFU

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 & Grease311December 31, 201633% over the limit
pH600
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C300
Solids, total suspended300
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]300
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]300
Phosphorus, total [as P]300
Rainfall300

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 ALG150167.

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 the NPDES ALG150167 discharge permit held by Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC in Decatur, AL, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger, with the permit issued July 28, 2014 and expiring May 31, 2017. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, for the Lower Flint Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300021014).