Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG850020

KUSHLA DIRT PIT, Eight Mile, AL: NPDES ALG850020 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

KUSHLA DIRT PIT, held by James H. Adams & Son Construction Co., Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG850020. EPA’s file records it issued March 24, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022.

KUSHLA DIRT PIT, Eight Mile, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG850020, held by James H. Adams & Son Construction Co., Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 24, 2017, term to March 31, 2022; Construction Sand and Gravel Mining.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2023, largest 99% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 849 were issued before ALG850020.

Coverages issued nearest ALG850020

March 10, 2017: RANDALL PIT, Carrollton, ALG890528, held by Pickens County Commission
March 22, 2017: COUNTY LINE QUARRY, Trafford, ALG890529, held by County Line Rock, LLC
March 24, 2017: X-TREME EXPRESS CAR WASH, Fort Payne, ALG340697, held by Mr. Russell Lacey
March 24, 2017: BORROW PIT NO. 2, Mobile, ALG850004, held by Pit Development Corporation
March 24, 2017: CEMETERY DIRT PIT, Atmore, ALG850015, held by Poarch Band of Creek Indians
March 24, 2017: D.O.T. DIRT PIT, Eight Mile, ALG850028, held by D.O.T. Dirt, LLC
March 24, 2017: SIBLEY - HAMILTON DIRT PIT, Grand Bay, ALG850031, held by Manning Trucking, Inc
March 24, 2017: OLD BRADY ROAD PIT, Robertsdale, ALG850034, held by Baldwin County Commission
March 24, 2017: COUNTY ROAD 49 PIT, Loxley, ALG850055, held by D & D Dirt and Excavating LLC
March 27, 2017: BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC MONTGOMERY TERMINAL, Montgomery, ALG340215, held by Buckeye Terminals, LLC

KUSHLA DIRT PIT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 32 discharge permits in the Seabury Creek subwatershed (HUC 031602040303), ALG850020 among them. Its county holds 1,120, 18 of them major permits; ALG850020 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Seabury Creek subwatershed (HUC 031602040303)

52/34 HWY 158 DRIVEWAY CUT, Eight Mile: ALR10C692, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BAY CONCRETE, Eight Mile: ALG110561, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2027
BAY CONCRETE FACILITY, Eight Mile: ALR10C4PV, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BROWNLEE LANDFILL LLC, Eight Mile: ALG160178, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2022
D.O.T. DIRT PIT, Eight Mile: ALG850028, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
DEAN BROTHERS INC., Eight Mile: ALG180391, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
DR HORTON AT NORTHWOOD OAKS, Saraland: ALR10AH10, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
DSP PIT, Eight Mile: ALG890958, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2028
EPHESIOS SUBDIVISION, Wilmer: ALR10C839, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
HARWELL AND COMPANY PH1, Prichard: ALR10C8CB, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031

Identity

Facility as filed	KUSHLA DIRT PIT
Permittee as filed	James H. Adams & Son Construction Co., Inc.
NPDES ID	ALG850020
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	March 24, 2017
Expiration date	March 31, 2022
Address	Eight Mile, AL 36613
Subwatershed	Seabury Creek (HUC 031602040303)
NAICS	212321 – Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
SIC	1442 – Construction Sand And Gravel

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With 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	2	8	2	November 30, 2023	99% over the limit
pH	4	6	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	6	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG850020.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG850020.

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 ALG850020.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG850020 for KUSHLA DIRT PIT in Eight Mile, AL, held by James H. Adams & Son Construction Co., Inc., an industrial stormwater program permit whose status is administratively continued after its March 31, 2022 expiration date. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.