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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180454

AUSTIN HINDS MOTORS INC., Arab, AL: NPDES ALG180454 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AUSTIN HINDS MOTORS INC., held by Austin Hinds Motors Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG180454. EPA’s file records it issued January 9, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2022.

AUSTIN HINDS MOTORS INC., Arab, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG180454, held by Austin Hinds Motors Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 9, 2018, term to September 30, 2022; Motor Vehicle Parts [Used] Merchant Wholesalers.

  • pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Silver total recoverable: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Naphthalene: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Rainfall: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toluene: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Ethylbenzene: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Xylene [mix of m+o+p]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,531 were issued before ALG180454.

Coverages issued nearest ALG180454

AUSTIN HINDS MOTORS INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 10 discharge permits in the Upper Cotaco Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300020603), ALG180454 among them. Its county holds 229, 3 of them major permits; ALG180454 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Cotaco Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300020603)

Identity

Facility as filedAUSTIN HINDS MOTORS INC.
Permittee as filedAustin Hinds Motors Inc.
NPDES IDALG180454
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
IssuedJanuary 9, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressArab, AL 35016
SubwatershedUpper Cotaco Creek (HUC 060300020603)
NAICS423140 – Motor Vehicle Parts [Used] Merchant Wholesalers
SIC5015 – Motor Vehicle Parts, Used

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
pH280
Solids, total suspended140
Silver total recoverable140
Zinc, total [as Zn]140
Cadmium, total recoverable140
Lead, total recoverable140
Copper, total recoverable140
Naphthalene140
Rainfall140
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]140
Oil and grease040
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination040
Oil & Grease100
Toluene100
Benzene100
Ethylbenzene100
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG180454.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG180454.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG180454.

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 ALG180454.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ALG180454, held by AUSTIN HINDS MOTORS INC. in Arab, AL, and lists its effluent exceedances, inspections and penalties. The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, with 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's issue date is January 9, 2018, and its expiration date is September 30, 2022, as stood in EPA's file when the page was loaded on October 14, 2026.