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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150176

GOLDEN STATE FOODS LLC, Opelika, AL: NPDES ALG150176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOLDEN STATE FOODS LLC, held by Golden State Foods Corporation, holds NPDES permit ALG150176. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 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 filedGOLDEN STATE FOODS LLC
Permittee as filedGolden State Foods Corporation
NPDES IDALG150176
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJune 24, 2022
Expiration dateMay 31, 2027
Issuing agencyState
AddressOpelika, AL 36801
SubwatershedUpper Halawakee Creek (HUC 031300021107)
NAICS311612 – Meat Processed From Carcasses
SIC2011 – Meat Packing Plants

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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 & Grease121December 31, 2018117% over the limit
pH220
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C110
Solids, total suspended110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]110
Phosphorus, total [as P]110
Rainfall110

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 ALG150176.

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 ALG150176, held by GOLDEN STATE FOODS LLC in Opelika, AL, a minor discharger under industrial stormwater coverage that is listed as Effective and was issued June 24, 2022 with an expiration date of May 31, 2027. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 1 with an effluent exceedance, and 8 with a violation of any kind, according to EPA's permit file as loaded on October 14, 2026.