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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR AL0000000111500002

NATIONAL CEMENT CO OF ALABAMA, Ragland, AL: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

NATIONAL CEMENT CO OF ALABAMA, at 80 NATIONAL CEMENT DRIVE, Ragland in St. Clair County, Alabama, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “Unaddressed-State”. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedNATIONAL CEMENT CO OF ALABAMA
ICIS-AIR IDAL0000000111500002
EPA facility registry ID110056970167
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Unaddressed-State
Address80 NATIONAL CEMENT DRIVE, Ragland, AL 35131
CountySt. Clair County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing (NAICS 3273)
SIC code3241
EPA region04

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs NATIONAL CEMENT CO OF ALABAMA is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
December 11, 2025PCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 30, 2025FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
January 9, 2025PCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 30, 2024FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 31, 2024PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 30, 2024PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 16, 2024PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 30, 2023FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 22, 2023PCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 30, 2022FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 1, 2022PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 30, 2021FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 20, 2021PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 30, 2020FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
January 28, 2020PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 30, 2019FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 13, 2019PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 28, 2018FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 14, 2018PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 29, 2017FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 13, 2017PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
January 28, 2026HPV day-zero determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; Title V Permits
November 27, 2024HPV day-zero determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
March 14, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); Title V Permits
November 21, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 1, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 12, 2020HPV day-zero determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 6, 2017Earliest FRV determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)

Enforcement and penalties

3 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 3 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
August 25, 2025Administrative OrderState$250,000
July 10, 2024Administrative OrderState$22,500
August 5, 2020Administrative OrderState$148,000

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 28, 2026Notice of ViolationState
November 27, 2024Notice of ViolationState
March 14, 2024Notice of ViolationState
November 21, 2023Notice of ViolationState
September 1, 2022Notice of ViolationState
May 2, 2022Warning LetterState
February 12, 2020Notice of ViolationState
January 6, 2017Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 80.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 1, 2026PassState
May 1, 2026PassState
March 5, 2026PassState
March 5, 2026PassState
March 4, 2026PassState
March 4, 2026PassState
December 11, 2025FailState
December 11, 2025FailState
July 24, 2025PassState
July 23, 2025PassState
February 18, 2025PassState
February 18, 2025PassState
February 12, 2025PassState
February 12, 2025PassState
February 11, 2025PassState
February 11, 2025PassState
February 11, 2025PassState
February 11, 2025PassState
February 11, 2025PassState
February 11, 2025PassState
July 25, 2024PassState
July 25, 2024PassState
July 25, 2024PassState
June 6, 2024PassState
May 21, 2024PassState
May 1, 2024PassState
May 1, 2024PassState
May 1, 2024PassState
April 19, 2024PassState
April 19, 2024PassState
March 21, 2024PassState
March 21, 2024PassState
March 19, 2024PassState
March 12, 2024PassState
March 12, 2024PassState
November 2, 2021PassState
July 8, 2021PassState
July 8, 2021PassState
July 1, 2021PassState
June 30, 2021PassState
June 30, 2021PassState
June 30, 2021PassState
June 30, 2021PassState
June 30, 2021PassState
June 30, 2021PassState
April 20, 2021PassState
December 4, 2020PassState
December 4, 2020PassState
December 3, 2020PassState
December 3, 2020PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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