Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003093

BASF MCINTOSH SITE, Mcintosh, AL: NPDES AL0003093 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
76Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BASF MCINTOSH SITE, held by BASF Corporation, holds NPDES permit AL0003093. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2011 and expiring March 31, 2016. 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.

Identity

Facility as filed	BASF MCINTOSH SITE
Permittee as filed	BASF Corporation
NPDES ID	AL0003093
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 1, 2011
Expiration date	March 31, 2016
Address	Mcintosh, AL 36553
Subwatershed	Lower Lewis Creek (HUC 031602030802)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

77Pollutants on file
76Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
3With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 77 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	8	10	6	February 29, 2016	193% over the limit
pH	16	13	3	January 31, 2013
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	5	1	February 29, 2016	82% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	16	10	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	6	4	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	0	4	0
Chloride [as Cl]	1	3	0
Length of longest pH excursion	1	2	0
% of time exceeding pH limits	1	2	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	1	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	1	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	1	0
Oil & Grease	6	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	2	0	0
Carbon tetrachloride	2	0	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	2	0	0
Chloroform	2	0	0
Toluene	2	0	0
Benzene	2	0	0
Acenaphthylene	2	0	0
Acenaphthene	2	0	0
Acrylonitrile	2	0	0
Anthracene	2	0	0
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	2	0	0
Benzo[a]pyrene	2	0	0
Chlorobenzene	2	0	0
Chrysene	2	0	0
Diethyl phthalate	2	0	0
Dimethyl phthalate	2	0	0
Ethylbenzene	2	0	0
Fluoranthene	2	0	0
Fluorene	2	0	0
Hexachlorobutadiene	2	0	0
Hexachloroethane	2	0	0
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]	2	0	0
Methylene chloride	2	0	0
Nitrobenzene	2	0	0
Phenanthrene	2	0	0
Pyrene	2	0	0
Tetrachloroethylene	2	0	0
1,1-Dichloroethane	2	0	0
1,1-Dichloroethylene	2	0	0
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	2	0	0
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	2	0	0
Benzo[a]anthracene	2	0	0
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0
1,2-Dichloropropane	2	0	0
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	2	0	0
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	2	0	0
1,3-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0
2-Chlorophenol	2	0	0
2-Nitrophenol	2	0	0
2,4-Dichlorophenol	2	0	0
2,4-Dimethylphenol	2	0	0
2,4-Dinitrotoluene	2	0	0

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 AL0003093.

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.