Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180794

TUSCALOOSA IRON AND METAL COMPANY, Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES ALG180794 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

TUSCALOOSA IRON AND METAL COMPANY, held by Robert Franks, holds NPDES permit ALG180794. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	TUSCALOOSA IRON AND METAL COMPANY
Permittee as filed	Robert Franks
NPDES ID	ALG180794
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	September 5, 2017
Expiration date	September 30, 2022
Address	Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Subwatershed	Cribbs Mill Creek-Cypress Creek (HUC 031601130203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
14Under 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	16
Solids, total suspended	1	8
Oil & Grease	1	8
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	8
Lead, total recoverable	1	8
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	8
Cyanide, total [as CN]	1	7
Silver total recoverable	1	7
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	7
Cadmium, total recoverable	1	7
Copper, total recoverable	1	7
Rainfall	1	7
Mercury, total [as Hg]	1	7
Annual Certification Statement	1	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG180794.

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 ALG180794.

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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Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG180794 for TUSCALOOSA IRON AND METAL COMPANY in Tuscaloosa, AL, held by Robert Franks under the Industrial stormwater program. The permit is listed as administratively continued, issued September 5, 2017, with an expiration date of September 30, 2022, and falls in the subwatershed Cribbs Mill Creek-Cypress Creek (HUC 031601130203). The page lists 14 pollutants on file, all 14 under a numeric limit, with 0 showing an effluent exceedance.