Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000135
GD COPPER USA, INC., Pine Hill, AL: NPDES ALP000135 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GD COPPER USA, INC., held by GD Copper (U.S.A.) Inc., holds NPDES permit ALP000135. EPA’s file records it issued November 14, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 | GD COPPER USA, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GD Copper (U.S.A.) Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALP000135 |
| 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 | November 14, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Pine Hill, AL 36769 |
| NAICS | 331420 – Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying |
| SIC | 3351 – Copper Rolling And Drawing |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 17 | 7 | October 31, 2016 | 50% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 16 | 6 | October 31, 2017 | 135% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 15 | 5 | March 31, 2017 | 246% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 12 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 97% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 11 | 1 | October 31, 2016 | 365% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total Toxic Organics [TTO] Non-Use Certification | 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 ALP000135.
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.