Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180399
EMFINGER STEEL COMPANY, Dothan, AL: NPDES ALG180399 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EMFINGER STEEL COMPANY, held by Emfinger Steel Co., Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG180399. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2027. 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 filed | EMFINGER STEEL COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Emfinger Steel Co., Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALG180399 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | December 1, 2022 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Dothan, AL 36303 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Omusee Creek (HUC 031300040602) |
| NAICS | 423930 – Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 25 | 7 | December 31, 2015 | 81% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 10 | 6 | December 31, 2011 | 113% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 6 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual Certification Statement | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG180399.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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 October 14, 2026.