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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000454

3M GUIN, Guin, AL: NPDES ALP000454 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

3M GUIN, held by 3M Company Guin, holds NPDES permit ALP000454. EPA’s file records it issued May 29, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2030. 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 3M GUIN: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Guin, Alabama, and 54 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000454.

Identity

Facility as filed3M GUIN
Permittee as filed3M Company Guin
NPDES IDALP000454
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 29, 2025
Expiration dateMay 31, 2030
Issuing agencyState
AddressGuin, AL 35563
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALD004019691; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109300004

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Phenol100
Cyanide, free available100
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)100
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)100
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)100
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)100
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)100
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)100
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)100
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)100
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)100
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)100
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)100
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)100
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE)100
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE)100
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)100
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)100
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)100
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)100
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)100
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)100
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)100
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)100
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)100
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)100
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)100
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)100
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)100
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)100
Perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA)100
Perfluorododecanesulfonic acid (PFDoS)100
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)100
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NMeFOSA)100
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NEtFOSA)100
p-Cresol100
Benzoic acids, total100
.alpha.-Terpineol100
3-Perfluoropropyl propanoic acid (3:3 FTCA)100
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)100
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)100
11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)100
3-Perfluoroheptyl propanoic acid (7:3 FTCA)100
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)100
2H,2H,3H,3H-Perfluorooctanoic acid (5:3 FTCA)100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALP000454.

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 ALP000454.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALP000454 held by 3M Company for the 3M GUIN facility in Guin, Alabama, which is listed with an Effective permit status and a Minor discharger class. The register shows 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it records the permit as issued May 29, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2030.