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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG160161

OPELIKA TRANSFER STATION, LLC, Opelika, AL: NPDES ALG160161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OPELIKA TRANSFER STATION, LLC, held by Opelika Transfer Station, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG160161. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2017 and expiring January 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 filedOPELIKA TRANSFER STATION, LLC
Permittee as filedOpelika Transfer Station, LLC
NPDES IDALG160161
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
IssuedJanuary 26, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2022
AddressOpelika, AL 36801
SubwatershedUpper Sougahatchee Creek (HUC 031501100102)
NAICS562111 – Solid Waste Collection
SIC4212 – Local Trucking, Without Storage

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
Turbidity391March 31, 2003
Solids, settleable130
pH210
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Solids, total suspended100
Oil & Grease100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]100
Chromium, total [as Cr]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Rainfall100
Solids, total dissolved100
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]100

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 ALG160161.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG160161.

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 ALG160161.

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 Velarion Records page covers NPDES permit ALG160161, held by Opelika Transfer Station, LLC in Opelika, AL, and lists the permit as administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, with 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued January 26, 2017 and was set to expire January 31, 2022, with the status as EPA's file stood on October 14, 2026.