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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000071

SOUTHERN IONICS INCORPORATED - TUSCALOOSA PLANT, Tuscaloosa, AL: NPDES ALP000071 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTHERN IONICS INCORPORATED - TUSCALOOSA PLANT, held by Southern Ionics Incorporated, holds NPDES permit ALP000071. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021. 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 SOUTHERN IONICS INCORPORATED - TUSCALOOSA PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000071.

Identity

Facility as filedSOUTHERN IONICS INCORPORATED - TUSCALOOSA PLANT
Permittee as filedSouthern Ionics Incorporated
NPDES IDALP000071
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 30, 2016
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2021
AddressTuscaloosa, AL 35404

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

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
pH400
Chromium, total [as Cr]400
Zinc, total [as Zn]400
Lead, total recoverable400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]400
Silver total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Cyanide [A]200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALP000071.

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 ALP000071.

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 ALP000071, held by Southern Ionics Incorporated for its Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant, and lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. EPA's file shows the permit issued June 30, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021, with an administratively continued status as of September 15, 2026.