Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALNE00179

USPS BIRMINGHAM VMF, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALNE00179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

USPS BIRMINGHAM VMF, held by United States Postal Service, holds NPDES permit ALNE00179. EPA’s file records it issued March 6, 2023 and expiring March 5, 2028. 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.

What the register holds for USPS BIRMINGHAM VMF: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Birmingham, Alabama. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALNE00179.

Identity

Facility as filed	USPS BIRMINGHAM VMF
Permittee as filed	United States Postal Service
NPDES ID	ALNE00179
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Federal facility
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	March 6, 2023
Expiration date	March 5, 2028
Issuing agency	State
Address	Birmingham, AL 35201
Subwatershed	Headwaters Valley Creek (HUC 031601120101)
NAICS	491110 – Postal Service
SIC	4311 – U.S. Postal Service

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

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES ALNE00179.

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 ALNE00179.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALNE00179.

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 ALNE00179.

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.

Of the 212 storm water industrial permits in Jefferson County, this one included, USPS BIRMINGHAM VMF was issued later than 88.2% of them. The permit sits among 212 storm water industrial permits in Jefferson County, and 72.2% of that group has a violation on file, whereas USPS BIRMINGHAM VMF has no pollutants with an effluent exceedance (0). The facility is one of 131 NPDES permits in the Headwaters Valley Creek subwatershed, this one included.