Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150178

GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS, Florence, AL: NPDES ALG150178 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS, held by Gemstone Foods, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG150178. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2022.

GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS, Florence, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG150178, held by Gemstone Foods, LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 14, 2018, term to May 31, 2022; Poultry Processing.

pH: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,604 were issued before ALG150178. Gemstone Foods, LLC holds 2 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by Gemstone Foods, LLC

GEMSTONE FOODS, LLC - FLORENCE, Florence: ALP000414, issued January 30, 2018

Coverages issued nearest ALG150178

March 5, 2018: SA RECYCLING - PHENIX CITY, Phenix City, ALG180683, held by SA Recycling
March 9, 2018: CHERT BORROW PIT, Florence, ALG890173, held by City of Florence, Alabama
March 9, 2018: CLAYTON PIT NO 2, Grove Hill, ALG890587, held by Ralph Clayton
March 14, 2018: WILSON LUMBER CO./CONTRACTORS BUILDING SYSTEMS, Madison, ALG060386, held by Russ Wilson
March 14, 2018: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY, Millport, ALG060519, held by Weyerhaeuser NR Company
March 14, 2018: IPEX USA LLC, Madison, ALG200062, held by Tyco Fire Products - CPVC Division
March 19, 2018: MARY MCLEMORE PIT, Montgomery, ALG890548, held by Dubose Construction Company, LLC
March 20, 2018: BAMA PARTS, Hazel Green, ALG180058, held by Michael Neely
March 21, 2018: OPELIKA ROAD PIT, Phenix City, ALG890407, held by J & J Land Development
March 26, 2018: ALLEN PIT, Butler, ALG890087, held by Charlie Allen

GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 46 discharge permits in the Sweetwater Creek-Tennessee River subwatershed (HUC 060300050803), ALG150178 among them. Its county holds 202, 1 of them major permits; ALG150178 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Sweetwater Creek-Tennessee River subwatershed (HUC 060300050803)

23-169 VETERANS DRIVE, Florence: ALR10C76X, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
24-338 KEYSTONE VILLAGE, Florence: ALR10C7QK, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
25-166 FULTON STREET, Florence: ALR10C84P, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
25-521 TENNESSEE-ROYAL, Florence: ALR10C77Q, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
25-786 HIGH TOWER RD, Florence: ALR10C82V, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
AMERICAN METAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, INC, Florence: AL0082945, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ATRP2-17-2022-360 (SECOND STREET WIDENING), Muscle Shoals: ALR10C6UA, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BR-0002(529) PS1861, Muscle Shoals: ALR10BHAC, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
BR-0002(579) PS 2194, Florence: ALR10C768, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BRALY STADIUM ADDITION, Florence: ALR10C6Y9, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

What the register holds for GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Florence, Alabama, and 8 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALG150178.

Identity

Facility as filed	GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS
Permittee as filed	Gemstone Foods, LLC
NPDES ID	ALG150178
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	March 14, 2018
Expiration date	May 31, 2022
Address	Florence, AL 35630
Subwatershed	Sweetwater Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050803)
NAICS	311615 – Poultry Processing
SIC	2013 – Sausages And Other Prepared Meats

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	4	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Rainfall	2	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG150178.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG150178.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG150178.

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 ALG150178.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG150178 for GEMSTONE FLORENCE OPERATIONS in Florence, Alabama, held by Gemstone Foods, LLC, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The register lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.