Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000483
BIG HEART PET BRANDS, Decatur, AL: NPDES ALP000483 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG HEART PET BRANDS, held by Big Heart Pet Brand, a Subsidiary of JM Smucker, holds NPDES permit ALP000483. EPA’s file records it issued September 17, 2025 and expiring September 30, 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 BIG HEART PET BRANDS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Decatur, Alabama, and 14 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000483.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BIG HEART PET BRANDS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Big Heart Pet Brand, a Subsidiary of JM Smucker |
| NPDES ID | ALP000483 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 17, 2025 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Decatur, AL 35601 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD058134354; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000110300031 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Color [admi units] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine demand, 1 hr | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALP000483.
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 ALP000483.
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.