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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180846

SHAPIRO METALS, Mobile, AL: NPDES ALG180846 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SHAPIRO METALS, held by Shapiro Metals, holds NPDES permit ALG180846. EPA’s file records it issued March 19, 2019 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 filedSHAPIRO METALS
Permittee as filedShapiro Metals
NPDES IDALG180846
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
IssuedMarch 19, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressMobile, AL 36610
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLower Chasaw Creek (HUC 031602040305)

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

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 & Grease31272June 30, 2026180% over the limit
pH62500
Solids, total suspended31250
Phosphorus, total [as P]21110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21110
Nitrogen, total [as N]1140
Cyanide, total [as CN]1140
Silver total recoverable1140
Zinc, total [as Zn]1140
Cadmium, total recoverable1140
Lead, total recoverable1140
Copper, total recoverable1140
Rainfall1140
Mercury, total [as Hg]1140
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]1140

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 ALG180846.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG180846, held by Shapiro Metals at Mobile, AL 36610, a minor discharger under an industrial stormwater program that is administratively continued past its September 30, 2022 expiration date. The page lists 15 pollutants on file, all under a numeric limit, with one pollutant showing an effluent exceedance, and the receiving water is 303(D) listed in the Lower Chasaw Creek subwatershed (HUC 031602040305).