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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180861

ATHENS-LIMESTONE RECYCLING CENTER, Athens, AL: NPDES ALG180861 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ATHENS-LIMESTONE RECYCLING CENTER, held by Athens-Limestone Recycling Center, holds NPDES permit ALG180861. EPA’s file records it issued February 29, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2017.

ATHENS-LIMESTONE RECYCLING CENTER, Athens, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG180861, held by Athens-Limestone Recycling Center; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 29, 2016, term to September 30, 2017.

  • pH: 4 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Rainfall: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cyanide, total [as CN]: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Silver total recoverable: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Mercury, total [as Hg]: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Annual Certification Statement: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 595 were issued before ALG180861.

Coverages issued nearest ALG180861

ATHENS-LIMESTONE RECYCLING CENTER among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 119 discharge permits in the Swan Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300021101), ALG180861 among them. Its county holds 441, 2 of them major permits; ALG180861 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Swan Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300021101)

Identity

Facility as filedATHENS-LIMESTONE RECYCLING CENTER
Permittee as filedAthens-Limestone Recycling Center
NPDES IDALG180861
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
IssuedFebruary 29, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2017
AddressAthens, AL 35611
SubwatershedSwan Creek (HUC 060300021101)
SIC5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials

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
pH4440
Solids, total suspended2220
Oil & Grease2220
Nitrogen, total [as N]2220
Rainfall2220
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2220
Cyanide, total [as CN]1110
Silver total recoverable1110
Zinc, total [as Zn]1110
Cadmium, total recoverable1110
Lead, total recoverable1110
Copper, total recoverable1110
Mercury, total [as Hg]1110
Annual Certification Statement040

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG180861.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG180861.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG180861.

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 ALG180861.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG180861, held by Athens-Limestone Recycling Center at its Athens-Limestone Recycling Center facility in Athens, AL, under an industrial stormwater program. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a permit status of minor discharger class 13, zero pollutants under a numeric limit and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.