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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180425

WADKINS METALS, LLC, Salem, AL: NPDES ALG180425 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WADKINS METALS, LLC, held by Wadkins Metals, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG180425. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 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 filedWADKINS METALS, LLC
Permittee as filedWadkins Metals, LLC
NPDES IDALG180425
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
IssuedAugust 17, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressSalem, AL 36874
SubwatershedWacoochee Creek (HUC 031300021301)
NAICS423930 – Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
SIC5015 – Motor Vehicle Parts, Used

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

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 & Grease251December 31, 202311% over the limit
pH4200
Solids, total suspended2100
Silver total recoverable2100
Zinc, total [as Zn]2100
Cadmium, total recoverable2100
Lead, total recoverable2100
Copper, total recoverable2100
Rainfall2100
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2100
Naphthalene180
Oil and grease060
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination060
Toluene130
Benzene130
Ethylbenzene130
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]130
Nitrogen, total [as N]120
Cyanide, total [as CN]120
Mercury, total [as Hg]120
Annual Certification Statement110

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 ALG180425.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG180425, held by WADKINS METALS, LLC in Salem, AL, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 19 pollutants under a numeric limit, 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and 21 pollutants in its effluent limits and exceedances section.