Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG850089

EMPRESS PIT, Grand Bay, AL: NPDES ALG850089 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

EMPRESS PIT, held by Maeco Dirt, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG850089. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022.

EMPRESS PIT, Grand Bay, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG850089, held by Maeco Dirt, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 31, 2017, term to March 31, 2022, by State.

pH: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

January 30, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 858 were issued before ALG850089.

Coverages issued nearest ALG850089

March 31, 2017: H&M SAND & GRAVEL MINE, Pennington, ALG850045, held by H&M Construction, LLC.
March 31, 2017: UNION CHAPEL ROAD SITE, Northport, ALG850064, held by North Creek Development
March 31, 2017: HOBBS ISLAND SAND AND GRAVEL, Huntsville, ALG850068, held by Rogers Group, Inc.
March 31, 2017: PIT #2, Fayette, ALG850080, held by Turkey Creek Sand And Gravel, Inc.
March 31, 2017: ROCKMOND CHERT PIT, Fort Payne, ALG850086, held by Rockmond, LLC
March 31, 2017: ELLENBURG PIT-1, Webb, ALG850109, held by Ellenburg Construction, Inc
March 31, 2017: MAGNOLIA MINE, Summerdale, ALG850122, held by Magnolia Mining Company, LLC
April 6, 2017: BEEBES PEST & TERMITE CONTROL, Foley, ALG870048, held by Beebes Pest & Termite Control
April 12, 2017: REPTON PIT, Repton, ALG850065, held by Campbell Sand & Gravel
April 13, 2017: RED EAGLE SAND AND GRAVEL PIT, Montgomery, ALG850016, held by Red Eagle Sand and Gravel, Inc

EMPRESS PIT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 20 discharge permits in the Franklin Creek subwatershed (HUC 031700080702), ALG850089 among them. Its county holds 1,120, 18 of them major permits; ALG850089 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Franklin Creek subwatershed (HUC 031700080702)

6944-00 GRAND BAY, AL WM SUPERCENTER NEW, Grand Bay: ALR10B730, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
CLAY PIT #2, Grand Bay: ALG850138, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
CRAWFORD LANE WWTP, Grand Bay: AL0083275, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023
ECG CREEL ROAD, LP, Grand Bay: ALR10C5JN, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
ERSHIGS GRAND BAY, Grand Bay: ALNE00202, minor permit, permit term to May 15, 2029
GRAND BAY GETAWAY RV RESORT, Grand Bay: ALR10C3GE, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
HSC MOSS POINT, LLC, COMMERCIAL RETAIL, Moss Point: MSR109046, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2027
IM-IND-I0109323) PS1427, Grand Bay: ALR10AF85, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2016
LYNN NOLEN DIRT PIT, Grand Bay: AL0074527, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
MASON HILL MEATS, Grand Bay: ALR10C3UZ, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	EMPRESS PIT
Permittee as filed	Maeco Dirt, Inc.
NPDES ID	ALG850089
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 31, 2017
Expiration date	March 31, 2022
Issuing agency	State
Address	Grand Bay, AL 36541
Subwatershed	Franklin Creek (HUC 031700080702)

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	2	18
Solids, total suspended	2	18
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	18

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG850089.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG850089.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 30, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 ALG850089.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG850089 for EMPRESS PIT in Grand Bay, AL, held by Maeco Dirt, Inc., an industrial stormwater permit that is administratively continued. The page lists 3 pollutants on file, 3 of them under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.