Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG340620

DUKE'S GROCERY, Vinemont, AL: NPDES ALG340620 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

DUKE'S GROCERY, held by Howard Oil Company, holds NPDES permit ALG340620. EPA’s file records it issued December 12, 2016 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	DUKE'S GROCERY
Permittee as filed	Howard Oil Company
NPDES ID	ALG340620
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	December 12, 2016
Expiration date	January 31, 2022
Address	Vinemont, AL 35179
Subwatershed	Crowdabout Creek (HUC 060300021006)
NAICS	447190 – Other Gasoline Stations
SIC	5541 – Gasoline Service Stations

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
10Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Lead, total recoverable	2	8	6	September 30, 2019	172% over the limit
pH	4	88	4	May 31, 2022
Oil & Grease	2	44	1	June 30, 2022	227% over the limit
Benzene	2	3	1	October 31, 2014	107% over the limit
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]	2	42	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	42	0
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	0	40	0
Toluene	2	2	0
Ethylbenzene	2	2	0
Naphthalene	2	2	0
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]	2	2	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 ALG340620.

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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Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG340620 for DUKE'S GROCERY in Vinemont, AL, held by Howard Oil Company, which EPA's file lists as administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger under industrial stormwater. The page reports 11 pollutants on file, of which 10 are under a numeric limit and 4 show an effluent exceedance.