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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALNE00592

THE FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC. (DOWZER), Pell City, AL: NPDES ALNE00592 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THE FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC. (DOWZER), held by Ford Meter Box Company, holds NPDES permit ALNE00592. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2023 and expiring August 16, 2028. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for THE FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC. (DOWZER): its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Pell City, Alabama. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALNE00592.

Identity

Facility as filedTHE FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC. (DOWZER)
Permittee as filedFord Meter Box Company
NPDES IDALNE00592
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedAugust 17, 2023
Expiration dateAugust 16, 2028
Issuing agencyState
AddressPell City, AL 35125
SubwatershedBroken Arrow Shoals-Coosa River (HUC 031501060605)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES ALNE00592.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALNE00592.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

Of the 30 storm water industrial permits in St. Clair County, 86.7% were issued before the permit filed as THE FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC. (DOWZER). A violation is recorded for 76.7% of St. Clair County's storm water industrial permits. The Broken Arrow Shoals-Coosa River subwatershed contains 35 NPDES permits, including this permit.