Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000078

CHOICE FABRICATORS INC., Rainbow City, AL: NPDES ALP000078 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CHOICE FABRICATORS INC., held by Choice Fabricators Inc., holds NPDES permit ALP000078. EPA’s file records it issued September 21, 2016 and expiring October 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.

Identity

Facility as filed	CHOICE FABRICATORS INC.
Permittee as filed	Choice Fabricators Inc.
NPDES ID	ALP000078
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	September 21, 2016
Expiration date	October 31, 2021
Address	Rainbow City, AL 35901
SIC	3469 – Metal Stampings
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000032961

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

14Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	10	10	March 31, 2016	655% over the limit
pH	2	4	4	March 31, 2016
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	2	2	March 31, 2016	174% over the limit
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]	1	0	0

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 ALP000078.

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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ALP000078 held by Choice Fabricators Inc. in Rainbow City, AL, listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The facts list 14 pollutants under a numeric limit, 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and an issue date of September 21, 2016 with an expiration date of October 31, 2021.