Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000056
MERCEDES-BENZ U.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.- TUSCALOOSA, Vance, AL: NPDES ALP000056 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MERCEDES-BENZ U.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.- TUSCALOOSA, held by Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALP000056. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 MERCEDES-BENZ U.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.- TUSCALOOSA: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Vance, Alabama, and 16 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000056.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MERCEDES-BENZ U.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.- TUSCALOOSA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALP000056 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 12, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Vance, AL 35490 |
| SIC | 3711 – Motor Vehicles And Car Bodies |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000002246; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000112500034 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALP000056.
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 ALP000056.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.