Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG160005

PHIFER INCORPORATED LANDFILL, Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES ALG160005 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PHIFER INCORPORATED LANDFILL, held by Phifer Incorporated, holds NPDES permit ALG160005. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2016 and expiring January 31, 2022.

PHIFER INCORPORATED LANDFILL, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG160005, held by Phifer Incorporated; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 31, 2016, term to January 31, 2022.

Turbidity: 6 limits, 45 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 4 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 653 were issued before ALG160005.

Coverages issued nearest ALG160005

October 28, 2016: CITY OF MONTGOMERY, Montgomery, ALG870014, held by City of Montgomery
October 28, 2016: CITY OF GADSDEN, Gadsden, ALG870020, held by City of Gadsden
October 28, 2016: CITY OF CALERA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, Calera, ALG870027, held by City of Calera Public Works Department
October 28, 2016: CITY OF SCOTTSBORO, Scottsboro, ALG870042, held by City of Scottsboro
October 28, 2016: CITY OF HELENA VECTOR CONTROL, Helena, ALG870047, held by City of Helena Vector Control
October 31, 2016: LOTT ROAD LANDFILL, Prichard, ALG160013, held by Southside Storage Inc
October 31, 2016: TAMKO BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC, Tuscaloosa, ALG160146, held by TAMKO Building Products LLC
October 31, 2016: CHASTANG SANITARY LANDFILL, Chastang, ALG160149, held by WM Mobile Bay Environmental Center, Inc
October 31, 2016: PITTS AUTO PARTS INC., Athens, ALG180527, held by Pitts Auto Parts Inc.
October 31, 2016: RICHERSON OIL LLC, Bay Minette, ALG340008, held by Richerson Oil LLC

PHIFER INCORPORATED LANDFILL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 93 discharge permits in the Cribbs Mill Creek-Cypress Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601130203), ALG160005 among them. Its county holds 543, 4 of them major permits; ALG160005 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Cribbs Mill Creek-Cypress Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601130203)

1250 VETERANS MEMORIAL PKWY, Tuscaloosa: ALR10C63F, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
2ND AVENUE OVERPASS, Tuscaloosa: ALR10BFWA, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
30TH AVENUE E COTTAGE COURTS I, Tuscaloosa: ALR10B751, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
37TH STREET EAST COMMUNITY CENTER, Tuscaloosa: ALR10C6TX, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BENCHMARK EXPANSION, Tuscaloosa: ALR10C8D7, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
BENJAMIN BARNES YMCA, Tuscaloosa: ALR10C4J1, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BOBBY PARK TRUCK & EQUIPMENT INC., Tuscaloosa: ALG180467, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
BUDDY MOORE TRUCKING, INC., Tuscaloosa: ALG140987, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
BUTCH CHANDLER - 13TH STREET OFFICE WAREHOUSE, Tuscaloosa: ALR10C2DG, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
CADDIS PIT, Tuscaloosa: ALR16EFE3, minor permit, permit term to May 26, 2011

Identity

Facility as filed	PHIFER INCORPORATED LANDFILL
Permittee as filed	Phifer Incorporated
NPDES ID	ALG160005
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	October 31, 2016
Expiration date	January 31, 2022
Address	Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Subwatershed	Cribbs Mill Creek-Cypress Creek (HUC 031601130203)
SIC	2221 – Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD004002853; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112500012

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
13With 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
Turbidity	6	45
pH	4	40
Solids, settleable	2	19
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	10
Solids, total suspended	2	10
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	10
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	10
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	10
Rainfall	2	10
Solids, total dissolved	2	10
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	2	10
Oil & Grease	2	6
Oil and grease	0	4

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG160005.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG160005.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG160005.

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 ALG160005.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG160005 held by Phifer Incorporated for the PHIFER INCORPORATED LANDFILL in Tuscaloosa, AL, a minor discharger administratively continued past its expiration date. The page lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.