Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180412
SA RECYCLING - SHEFFIELD, Sheffield, AL: NPDES ALG180412 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SA RECYCLING - SHEFFIELD, held by SA Recycling, holds NPDES permit ALG180412. 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 - SHEFFIELD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SA Recycling |
| NPDES ID | ALG180412 |
| 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 | Sheffield, AL 35660 |
| Subwatershed | Coffee Slough-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050808) |
| NAICS | 562920 – Materials Recovery Facilities |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000037994 |
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
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 5 | 2 | December 31, 2006 | 47% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 2 | 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 ALG180412.
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.