Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180442
HEREFORD SCRAP METAL LLC, Attalla, AL: NPDES ALG180442 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HEREFORD SCRAP METAL LLC, held by Hereford Scrap Metal, holds NPDES permit ALG180442. EPA’s file records it issued January 9, 2018 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 | HEREFORD SCRAP METAL LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hereford Scrap Metal |
| NPDES ID | ALG180442 |
| 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 | January 9, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Attalla, AL 35954 |
| Subwatershed | Horton Creek (HUC 031501060108) |
| NAICS | 423930 – Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALN960521000 |
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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 | 15 | 8 | June 30, 2011 | 1,153% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 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 ALG180442.
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.