Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG340030

W.H. THOMAS OIL COMPANY, INC., Auburn, AL: NPDES ALG340030 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

W.H. THOMAS OIL COMPANY, INC., held by W.H. Thomas Oil Company, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG340030. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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	W.H. THOMAS OIL COMPANY, INC.
Permittee as filed	W.H. Thomas Oil Company, Inc.
NPDES ID	ALG340030
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	January 31, 2017
Expiration date	January 31, 2022
Address	Auburn, AL 36830
Subwatershed	Upper Chewacla Creek (HUC 031501100202)
SIC	5171 – Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals

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

11Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	0	10	6	September 30, 2011	3,540% over the limit
Benzene	2	9	5	December 31, 2024	6,352% over the limit
Oil and grease	0	8	5	December 31, 2006	368% over the limit
pH	4	19	0
Rainfall	2	13	0
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]	2	11	0
Naphthalene	2	7	0
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]	2	5	0
Toluene	2	4	0
Ethylbenzene	2	4	0
Oil & Grease	2	3	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 ALG340030.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG340030.

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 ALG340030.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit ALG340030, held by W.H. Thomas Oil Company, Inc. of Auburn, AL, which is administratively continued and listed as a minor discharger in the industrial stormwater program. The page lists 9 as its discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.