Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000487
NOVELIS BAY MINETTE OPERATING SITE, Bay Minette, AL: NPDES ALP000487 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NOVELIS BAY MINETTE OPERATING SITE, held by Novelis Corporation - Bay Minette, holds NPDES permit ALP000487. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2026 and expiring May 31, 2031. 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 NOVELIS BAY MINETTE OPERATING SITE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Bay Minette, Alabama, and 25 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ALP000487.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NOVELIS BAY MINETTE OPERATING SITE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Novelis Corporation - Bay Minette |
| NPDES ID | ALP000487 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 27, 2026 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2031 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Bay Minette, AL 36507 |
| NAICS | 331314 – Secondary Smelting and Alloying Of Aluminum |
| SIC | 3341 – Secondary Nonferrous Metals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000074138 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 25Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual Certification Statement | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALP000487.
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 ALP000487.
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.