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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000064

STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, US, LLC, Mobile, AL: NPDES ALP000064 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, US, LLC, held by Kemira Chemicals Inc., holds NPDES permit ALP000064. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026. 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 STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, US, LLC: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Mobile, Alabama, and 56 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000064.

Identity

Facility as filedSTERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, US, LLC
Permittee as filedKemira Chemicals Inc.
NPDES IDALP000064
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 27, 2021
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2026
Issuing agencyState
AddressMobile, AL 36610
NAICS325199 – All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
SIC2821 – Plastics Materials And Resins
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD008175408; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109705007

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C200
pH200
Solids, total suspended200
Oil & Grease200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Aluminum, total [as Al]200
Carbon tetrachloride200
1,2-Dichloroethane200
Chloroform200
Toluene200
Benzene200
Acenaphthene200
Anthracene200
Chlorobenzene200
Diethyl phthalate200
Dimethyl phthalate200
Ethylbenzene200
Fluoranthene200
Fluorene200
Hexachlorobutadiene200
Hexachloroethane200
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]200
Methylene chloride200
Nitrobenzene200
Phenanthrene200
Pyrene200
Tetrachloroethylene200
1,1-Dichloroethane200
1,1-Dichloroethylene200
1,1,1-Trichloroethane200
1,1,2-Trichloroethane200
1,2-Dichlorobenzene200
1,2-Dichloropropane200
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene200
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene200
1,3-Dichlorobenzene200
1,4-Dichlorobenzene200
2-Nitrophenol200
4-Nitrophenol200
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol200
Naphthalene200
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]200
Di-n-butyl phthalate200
Vinyl chloride200
Trichloroethylene200
Hexachlorobenzene200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
1,3-Dichloropropene200
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]200
Chloroethane200
Chloride [as Cl]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALP000064.

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 ALP000064.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALP000064 held by STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, US, LLC in Mobile, AL, shown as Effective with a Minor discharger class and an issue date of July 27, 2021 and an expiration date of July 31, 2026. The register lists 56 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.