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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180653

SA RECYCLING - CHICKASAW, Chickasaw, AL: NPDES ALG180653 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SA RECYCLING - CHICKASAW, held by SA Recycling, holds NPDES permit ALG180653. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 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 filedSA RECYCLING - CHICKASAW
Permittee as filedSA Recycling
NPDES IDALG180653
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
IssuedSeptember 29, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressChickasaw, AL 36611
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLower Chasaw Creek (HUC 031602040305)
NAICS562920 – Materials Recovery Facilities
SIC5031 – Lumber, Plywood, And Millwork
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALR000038497

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

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 & Grease8118December 31, 2019336% over the limit
Oil and grease032December 31, 200647% over the limit
pH16140
Solids, total suspended840
Rainfall820
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]820
Naphthalene420
Phosphorus, total [as P]020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant020
Lead, total recoverable810
Nitrogen, total [as N]410
Cyanide, total [as CN]410
Toluene410
Benzene410
Ethylbenzene410
Mercury, total [as Hg]410
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]410
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination010
Silver total recoverable800
Zinc, total [as Zn]800
Cadmium, total recoverable800
Copper, total recoverable800
Annual Certification Statement200

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 ALG180653.

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 NPDES permit ALG180653, held by SA Recycling for the SA RECYCLING - CHICKASAW facility in Chickasaw, AL, under the Industrial stormwater program. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 19, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued September 29, 2017 and expired September 30, 2022, and the figures reflect EPA's permit file as loaded on October 14, 2026.