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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG340525

PIERCE'S GROCERY, Lenox, AL: NPDES ALG340525 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PIERCE'S GROCERY, held by Bass Oil Company, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG340525. EPA’s file records it issued April 5, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2022.

PIERCE'S GROCERY, Lenox, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG340525, held by Bass Oil Company, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 5, 2018, term to January 31, 2022.

  • pH: 4 limits, 194 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 105 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]: 2 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Naphthalene: 2 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toluene: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Ethylbenzene: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Xylene [mix of m+o+p]: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease: 0 limits, 37 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 0 limits, 37 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,625 were issued before ALG340525.

Coverages issued nearest ALG340525

  • March 30, 2018: STYX RIVER ROAD PIT, Stapleton, ALG890075, held by Bass Properties, Inc.
  • March 30, 2018: SALEM HEARN TRACT, Opelika, ALG890102, held by Salem Waste Disposal Center
  • March 30, 2018: RICHARDSON PIT, Killen, ALG890475, held by John E Richardson
  • March 30, 2018: JARRETT ROAD BORROW, Eight Mile, ALG890517, held by Norris Land Development
  • March 30, 2018: BAUGHMAN ROAD BORROW PIT, Silverhill, ALG890552, held by Aaron Boone Trucking, Inc.
  • April 9, 2018: JOHNS MANVILLE, INC., Phenix City, ALG230009, held by Johns Manville, Inc.
  • April 10, 2018: FLOYD PIT, Troy, ALG890136, held by Timmy Hall
  • April 10, 2018: STRAIN FARM, Tanner, ALG890599, held by HAWKINS GROUNDWORK, INC.
  • April 11, 2018: CREOLA CHEVRON, Creola, ALG340711, held by Parr's, Inc.
  • April 11, 2018: GREGORY HILL PIT, Jefferson, ALG890598, held by Edward Compton, Jr.

PIERCE'S GROCERY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Brushy Creek subwatershed (HUC 031403040301), ALG340525 among them. Its county holds 70, 1 of them major permits; ALG340525 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Brushy Creek subwatershed (HUC 031403040301)

Identity

Facility as filedPIERCE'S GROCERY
Permittee as filedBass Oil Company, Inc.
NPDES IDALG340525
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
IssuedApril 5, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2022
AddressLenox, AL 36454
SubwatershedBrushy Creek (HUC 031403040301)

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
pH41940
Lead, total recoverable21050
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]2950
Naphthalene2950
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2950
Oil & Grease2580
Toluene2580
Benzene2580
Ethylbenzene2580
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]2580
Oil and grease0370
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination0370

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG340525.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG340525.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG340525.

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 ALG340525.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG340525 for PIERCE'S GROCERY in Lenox, AL, held by Bass Oil Company, Inc., an administratively continued minor discharger under industrial stormwater coverage. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 10 of them under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.