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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000468

3M DEER SPRINGS REMEDIATION SITE, Decatur, AL: NPDES ALP000468 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

3M DEER SPRINGS REMEDIATION SITE, held by 3M Chemical Operations, LLC, holds NPDES permit ALP000468. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2024 and expiring March 31, 2029. 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.

What the register holds for 3M DEER SPRINGS REMEDIATION SITE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Decatur, Alabama, and 49 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000468.

Identity

Facility as filed3M DEER SPRINGS REMEDIATION SITE
Permittee as filed3M Chemical Operations, LLC
NPDES IDALP000468
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 22, 2024
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2029
Issuing agencyState
AddressDecatur, AL 35603
NAICS562910 – Remediation Services
SIC2899 – Chemical Preparations

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

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
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]200
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
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 ALP000468.

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 ALP000468.

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 discharge permit ALP000468 for the 3M DEER SPRINGS REMEDIATION SITE in Decatur, AL, held by 3M Chemical Operations, LLC, with an effective status, issued March 22, 2024, and expiring March 31, 2029. The register lists 49 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.