Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG170018

FTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG170018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC, held by SOUTHERN PRECISION SANDS LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG170018, which discharges to Village Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012.

FTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG170018, held by SOUTHERN PRECISION SANDS LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 20, 2007, term to September 30, 2012; discharges to VILLAGE CREEK.

pH: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

FTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 100 discharge permits in the Upper Village Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601110408), ALG170018 among them. Its county holds 1,063, 13 of them major permits; ALG170018 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Village Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601110408)

40TH STREET DOT - 22346.01, Birmingham: ALR10C608, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
41ST STREET STREETSCAPE FROM 1ST AVENUE SOUTH TO 5TH AVENUE SOUTH BIRMINGHAM AL, Birmingham: ALR10C8BT, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION - BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham: ALG141211, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027
AAP BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham: ALR10C1UJ, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
AASF #2, Birmingham: ALNE00457, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2029
ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., Birmingham: ALNE00220, minor permit, permit term to June 26, 2028
ACIMF-I059(383) PS1637, Birmingham: ALR10B692, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
ACIMF-I059(385) PS1668 & ACIMF-I059(394), Birmingham: ALR10BBEW, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
ACIPCO EMPLOYEE AND ADMINISTRATION CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS, Birmingham: ALR10C606, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
AMFIRST FORESTDALE, Birmingham: ALR10C0MU, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	FTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC
Permittee as filed	SOUTHERN PRECISION SANDS LLC
NPDES ID	ALG170018
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
Issued	September 20, 2007
Expiration date	September 30, 2012
Address	Birmingham, AL 35222
Receiving water	VILLAGE CREEK
Subwatershed	Upper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408)
SIC	2899 – Chemical Preparations
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler AL0000050161

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
7With 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
pH	4	2
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	2
Rainfall	1	2
Solids, total suspended	1	1
Zinc, total recoverable	1	1
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	1
Oil & Grease	0	1
Chlorine, total residual	2	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	1	0
Oil and grease	1	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG170018.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG170018.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG170018.

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 ALG170018.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG170018 for FTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC in Birmingham, AL, which discharges to Village Creek and is administratively continued as a minor discharger. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 20, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012.