Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180662

RECYCLING UNLIMITED, INC., Columbiana, AL: NPDES ALG180662 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

RECYCLING UNLIMITED, INC., held by Recycling Unlimited, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG180662. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2017.

RECYCLING UNLIMITED, INC., Columbiana, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG180662, held by Recycling Unlimited, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 1, 2016, term to September 30, 2017.

pH: 2 limits, 84 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver total recoverable: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 682 were issued before ALG180662.

Coverages issued nearest ALG180662

November 18, 2016: ESG OPERATIONS, INC, Opelika, ALG870026, held by ESG Operations, Inc
November 18, 2016: CITY OF BAY MINETTE, Bay Minette, ALG870028, held by City of Bay Minette
November 18, 2016: CITY OF DECATUR PUBLIC WORKS, Decatur, ALG870046, held by City of Decatur Public Works
November 28, 2016: TAYLOR-MADE LUMBER, Maplesville, ALG060507, held by Taylor-Made Transportation
November 28, 2016: REYNOLDS WOOD PRODUCTS, Maplesville, ALG060508, held by Reynolds Wood Products
December 2, 2016: CITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, ALG870016, held by City of Oxford
December 6, 2016: P&M BORROW PIT, Barney, ALG890515, held by P&M Trucking, Inc.
December 9, 2016: COATS BEND LANDING, Gadsden, ALG850114, held by Dennis Johns
December 9, 2016: WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Thomasville, ALG870019, held by Weyerhaeuser Company
December 12, 2016: DUKE'S GROCERY, Vinemont, ALG340620, held by Howard Oil Company

RECYCLING UNLIMITED, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Upper Waxahatchee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501070403), ALG180662 among them. Its county holds 491, 7 of them major permits; ALG180662 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Upper Waxahatchee Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501070403)

CENTRAL ALABAMA FABRICATORS, INC., Columbiana: ALG120283, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
CITY OF COLUMBIANA, Columbiana: ALL024589, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
COLUMBIANA (WEST COLLEGE STREET) NEW RETAIL STORE, Columbiana: ALR10B762, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
COLUMBIANA WWTP, Columbiana: AL0024589, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2021
CULTIVATE CHURCH, Columbiana: ALR10C7XS, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
GREDE II LLC - COLUMBIANA, Columbiana: ALG120096, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
HIX SNEDEKER - COLUMBIANA, Columbiana: ALR10C6V4, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
PROJECT NASCAR, Coumbiana: ALR10C8AS, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
QUEEN ROAD ESTATES, Columbiana: ALR10C79P, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
SADDLEWOOD TRAILS, Columbiana: ALR10C18E, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	RECYCLING UNLIMITED, INC.
Permittee as filed	Recycling Unlimited, Inc.
NPDES ID	ALG180662
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	December 1, 2016
Expiration date	September 30, 2017
Address	Columbiana, AL 35051
Subwatershed	Upper Waxahatchee Creek (HUC 031501070403)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000038760

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
14With 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	2	84
Solids, total suspended	1	42
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	42
Rainfall	1	42
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	42
Cyanide, total [as CN]	1	28
Silver total recoverable	1	28
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	28
Cadmium, total recoverable	1	28
Lead, total recoverable	1	28
Copper, total recoverable	1	28
Mercury, total [as Hg]	1	28
Oil and grease	0	28
Oil & Grease	1	14

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG180662.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG180662.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG180662.

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 ALG180662.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit ALG180662, held by Recycling Unlimited, Inc. in Columbiana, AL, showing an administratively continued permit status, a Minor discharger class, and an industrial stormwater program. The page lists zero pollutants under a numeric limit and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as stored in EPA's file as of September 15, 2026.