Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180411
SA RECYCLING - DECATUR, Decatur, AL: NPDES ALG180411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
SA RECYCLING - DECATUR, held by SA Recycling, holds NPDES permit ALG180411. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring September 30, 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 filed | SA RECYCLING - DECATUR |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SA Recycling |
| NPDES ID | ALG180411 |
| 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 | August 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Decatur, AL 35602 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bakers Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300021102) |
| NAICS | 562920 – Materials Recovery Facilities |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000003574; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000110300033 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 and grease | 0 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2012 | 613% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2022 | 7% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual Certification Statement | 1 | 0 | 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 ALG180411.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG180411.
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 ALG180411.
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.