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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180394

ALBERTVILLE RECYCLING, Albertville, AL: NPDES ALG180394 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALBERTVILLE RECYCLING, held by Progress Rail Services Corporation, holds NPDES permit ALG180394. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedALBERTVILLE RECYCLING
Permittee as filedProgress Rail Services Corporation
NPDES IDALG180394
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
IssuedFebruary 9, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressAlbertville, AL 35950
SubwatershedUpper Slab Creek (HUC 031601110105)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD983177429; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109500062

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 and grease054December 31, 2009297% over the limit
Solids, total suspended443June 30, 20151,880% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]221June 30, 201556% over the limit
pH840
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Rainfall220
Mercury, total [as Hg]120
Oil & Grease410
Cyanide, total [as CN]110
Silver total recoverable200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]200
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Toluene100
Benzene100
Ethylbenzene100
Naphthalene100
Annual Certification Statement100
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]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 ALG180394.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG180394.

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 ALG180394.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit ALG180394 for ALBERTVILLE RECYCLING in Albertville, AL, held by Progress Rail Services Corporation under an industrial stormwater program. The permit is administratively continued as a minor discharger, with 21 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.