Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG200105

3M GUIN, Guin, AL: NPDES ALG200105 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

3M GUIN, held by 3M Company, holds NPDES permit ALG200105. EPA’s file records it issued February 14, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2017.

3M GUIN, Guin, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG200105, held by 3M Company; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 14, 2014, term to September 30, 2017.

Oil & Grease: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2022, largest 7% over the limit.
pH: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 477 were issued before ALG200105. 3M Company holds 7 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by 3M Company

3M COMPANY, Guin: ALNE00288, issued February 5, 2025
3M DECATUR LAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, Decatur: ALR107384, issued May 11, 2011
3M DCTR, Decatur: ALR10C1AP, issued August 24, 2021
OLD TRINITY ROAD, Decatur: ALR10C3H4, issued February 23, 2023
SENECA DRIVE, Trinity: ALR10C3JF, issued March 3, 2023
FORMER JOHNSON LANDFILL, Trinity: ALR10C3M9, issued March 23, 2023

Coverages issued nearest ALG200105

January 27, 2014: SMITH PIT, Castleberry, ALG890260, held by Shirley Smith
January 31, 2014: JORDAN LANE AUTO SALVAGE, INC., Huntsville, ALG180051, held by Jordan Lane Auto Salvage, Inc.
February 6, 2014: KMAC INDUSTRIAL RECHARGE, Birmingham, ALG180810, held by Kmac Industrial Recharge
February 13, 2014: GOOD HOPE CONTRACTING INC, Attalla, ALG020133, held by Good Hope Contracting Inc
February 13, 2014: GOOD HOPE BORROW SITE, Cullman, ALG890201, held by Carcel & G Construction LLC
February 27, 2014: TATE'S BACKHOE & DOZER SERVICE PIT, Chatom, ALG890200, held by Tate's Backhoe & Dozier Service, LLC
February 28, 2014: JACKSON COUNTY CONCRETE INC, Scottsboro, ALG110302, held by Jackson County Concrete Inc
February 28, 2014: FONTAINE MILITARY PRODUCTS, Jasper, ALG120755, held by Fontaine Military Products
February 28, 2014: AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, Alabaster, ALG230075, held by AGC Glass Company North America
March 5, 2014: MASTERS PIT, Headland, ALG890126, held by Sheila Masters

3M GUIN among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 10 discharge permits in the Wickett Creek-Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601030201), ALG200105 among them. Its county holds 94, 2 of them major permits; ALG200105 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Wickett Creek-Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601030201)

3M COMPANY, Guin: ALNE00288, minor permit, permit term to February 4, 2030
3M COMPANY GUIN, Guin: AL0065331, minor permit, discharging to PURGATORY CREEK, permit term to May 31, 2009
GUIN BORROW PIT, Guin: ALG890159, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2018
GUIN LAGOON, Guin: AL0052272, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2024
KJS FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC, Guin: ALG060556, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2027
KJS FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC, Guin: ALR10C4CN, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
MARION COUNTY ASPHALT PLANT, Guin: ALG020165, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
MINOR PIT SITE, Guin: ALG890531, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2023
THE DEL MAR CLUB @HARBINS PHASE 3 B LOT 41, Dacula: GAR375475, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2018

Identity

Facility as filed	3M GUIN
Permittee as filed	3M Company
NPDES ID	ALG200105
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	February 14, 2014
Expiration date	September 30, 2017
Address	Guin, AL 35563
Subwatershed	Wickett Creek-Beaver Creek (HUC 031601030201)
SIC	3069 – Fabricated Rubber Products
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALD004019691; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109300004

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Oil & Grease	4	2	2	June 30, 2022	7% over the limit
pH	8	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	0	0
Solids, total suspended	4	0	0
Lead, total recoverable	4	0	0
Chromium, total recoverable	4	0	0
Rainfall	4	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]	2	0	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG200105.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG200105.

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 ALG200105.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ALG200105 for 3M GUIN in Guin, AL, held by 3M Company, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger with Industrial stormwater as the program. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued February 14, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2017.