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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000147

EMMAUS FOODS, LLC, Albertville, AL: NPDES ALP000147 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EMMAUS FOODS, LLC, held by Emmaus Foods, LLC (previously Diamond Foods LLC), holds NPDES permit ALP000147. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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.

Identity

Facility as filedEMMAUS FOODS, LLC
Permittee as filedEmmaus Foods, LLC (previously Diamond Foods LLC)
NPDES IDALP000147
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
IssuedNovember 1, 2017
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2023
AddressAlbertville, AL 35951

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
Oil & Grease233December 31, 2017532% over the limit
pH211August 31, 2015
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160
Solids, total suspended200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Biochemical oxygen demand-5200
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

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 ALP000147.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALP000147, held by EMMAUS FOODS, LLC of Albertville, AL, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, with 8 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.