Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG230004
LETOHATCHEE PLANT, Letohatchee, AL: NPDES ALG230004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LETOHATCHEE PLANT, held by American Colloid Company, holds NPDES permit ALG230004. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2027. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LETOHATCHEE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | American Colloid Company |
| NPDES ID | ALG230004 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | September 23, 2022 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Letohatchee, AL 36047 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Pinchony Creek (HUC 031502010402) |
| NAICS | 327120 – Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing |
| SIC | 1459 – Clay And Related Minerals |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | 234% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual Certification Statement | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 ALG230004.
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 October 14, 2026.