Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG850027

SMITH SAND COMPANY, INC., Eight Mile, AL: NPDES ALG850027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SMITH SAND COMPANY, INC., held by Dean Alford, holds NPDES permit ALG850027. EPA’s file records it issued May 10, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022.

SMITH SAND COMPANY, INC., Eight Mile, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG850027, held by Dean Alford; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 10, 2017, term to March 31, 2022; Construction Sand and Gravel Mining.

pH: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2016.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2017, largest 550% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 906 were issued before ALG850027.

Coverages issued nearest ALG850027

May 10, 2017: UNITED PACKERS, LLC, Mobile, ALG150057, held by United Packers, LLC
May 10, 2017: SEA PEARL SEAFOOD COMPANY, INC., Bayou La Batre, ALG150075, held by Sea Pearl Seafood Co Inc
May 10, 2017: BAYOU MARINE PRODUCTS, LLC, Bayou La Batre, ALG150080, held by Bayou Marine Products, LLC
May 10, 2017: BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND TALLOW, INC., Montgomery, ALG150096, held by Birmingham Hide and Tallow, Inc.
May 10, 2017: LOXLEY DIRT PIT, Loxley, ALG850011, held by Affordable Housing LLC
May 10, 2017: TALLEY PIT #2, Grand Bay, ALG850029, held by Talley Contracting, Inc
May 10, 2017: ALABAMA BISHOP TRACE PIT, Lillian, ALG850047, held by Heaton Brothers Construction Company
May 10, 2017: BALDWIN SAND AND GRAVEL, Foley, ALG850081, held by Baldwin Sand and Gravel LLC
May 10, 2017: GRAHAM PIT, Bay Minette, ALG850124, held by City of Bay Minette
May 11, 2017: BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, DECATUR, ALABAMA FACILITY, Decatur, ALG150076, held by Bunge North America

SMITH SAND COMPANY, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 32 discharge permits in the Seabury Creek subwatershed (HUC 031602040303), ALG850027 among them. Its county holds 1,120, 18 of them major permits; ALG850027 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	SMITH SAND COMPANY, INC.
Permittee as filed	Dean Alford
NPDES ID	ALG850027
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	May 10, 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
2With 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
pH	4	4	2	September 30, 2016
Solids, total suspended	4	4	2	July 31, 2017	550% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG850027.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG850027.

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 ALG850027.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALG850027, held by Dean Alford for SMITH SAND COMPANY, INC. in Eight Mile, AL, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 3 pollutants on file, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.