Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180549

FOREIGN AUTO SALES LLC, Mobile, AL: NPDES ALG180549 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FOREIGN AUTO SALES LLC, held by Foreign Auto Sales LLC, holds NPDES permit ALG180549. EPA’s file records it issued July 17, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2017.

FOREIGN AUTO SALES LLC, Mobile, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG180549, held by Foreign Auto Sales LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 17, 2014, term to September 30, 2017.

pH: 6 limits, 318 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 159 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 3 limits, 145 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 125 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 125 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Naphthalene: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver total recoverable: 1 limit, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 1 limit, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toluene: 1 limit, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene: 1 limit, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ethylbenzene: 1 limit, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]: 1 limit, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 0 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 504 were issued before ALG180549.

Coverages issued nearest ALG180549

June 3, 2014: THORSBY SERVICE MART, Thorsby, ALG340663, held by Thorsby Service Mart
June 24, 2014: SCHILLINGER ROAD PIT, Semmes, ALG890330, held by Smith Sand Company, Inc.
June 27, 2014: JEFFERSON COUNTY LANDFILL NO. 1 (SOUTH BORROW AREA), Gardendale, ALG890326, held by Santek Environmental of Alabama, LLC
July 1, 2014: QUALITY ASPHALT, Bessemer, ALG020217, held by Quality Asphalt
July 8, 2014: KING PIT NO. 2, Jackson, ALG890321, held by Earl King
July 17, 2014: BLAKENEY PIT SITE, Fayette, ALG890332, held by S T Bunn Constuction Co Inc
July 21, 2014: MERRI MART NO. 20, Mobile, ALG340666, held by Merritt and Walding Properties, LLC
July 28, 2014: LOVE'S TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES #577, Shorter, ALG140989, held by Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc
July 28, 2014: SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC, Decatur, ALG150167, held by Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
July 30, 2014: UNIVERSITY AUTO RECYCLERS, INC., Flomaton, ALG180478, held by University Auto Recyclers Inc

FOREIGN AUTO SALES LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 99 discharge permits in the Toulmins Spring Branch-Three Mile Creek subwatershed (HUC 031602040504), ALG180549 among them. Its county holds 1,120, 18 of them major permits; ALG180549 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Toulmins Spring Branch-Three Mile Creek subwatershed (HUC 031602040504)

3 MILE CREEK - SEGMENT 7N, Mobile: ALR10C4XU, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
94 EASTERN DR., Mobile: ALR10C6Z7, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ALABAMA SCRAP METAL, LLC, Mobile: ALG180622, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY - MAIN DOCKS, Mobile: ALG140031, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
ASM RECYCLING, INC., Mobile: ALG180014, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
AUTOMOTIVE RO/RO TERMINAL, Mobile: ALR10BFIL, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
BARNES RESIDENCE, Mobile: ALR10C49K, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BISHOP STATE AMF, Mobile: ALR10BHEE, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2021
BIZZEL AVE LS (LS218), Mobile: ALR10B251, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
BOBBY'S INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., Mobile: ALG030081, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	FOREIGN AUTO SALES LLC
Permittee as filed	Foreign Auto Sales LLC
NPDES ID	ALG180549
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	July 17, 2014
Expiration date	September 30, 2017
Address	Mobile, AL 36608
Subwatershed	Toulmins Spring Branch-Three Mile Creek (HUC 031602040504)

Effluent limits and exceedances

19Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
19With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	6	318
Solids, total suspended	3	159
Oil & Grease	3	145
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	125
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	125
Lead, total recoverable	1	34
Naphthalene	1	34
Rainfall	1	34
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	34
Silver total recoverable	1	33
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	33
Cadmium, total recoverable	1	33
Copper, total recoverable	1	33
Toluene	1	20
Benzene	1	20
Ethylbenzene	1	20
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]	1	20
Oil and grease	0	14
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	0	14

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG180549.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG180549.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG180549.

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 ALG180549.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG180549, held by FOREIGN AUTO SALES LLC of Mobile, AL, an industrial stormwater program permit that is administratively continued past its expiration date. The page lists 19 pollutants on file, 17 of them under a numeric limit, with 0 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.