Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0050164
SHEFFIELD OPERATIONS, Sheffield, AL: NPDES AL0050164 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SHEFFIELD OPERATIONS, held by WISE ALLOYS LLC SHEFFIELD, holds NPDES permit AL0050164, which discharges to Tennessee River. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2005 and expiring October 31, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SHEFFIELD OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WISE ALLOYS LLC SHEFFIELD |
| NPDES ID | AL0050164 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 21, 2005 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | Sheffield, AL 35660 |
| Receiving water | TENNESSEE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Coffee Slough-Tennessee River (HUC 060300050808) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 5 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0050164.
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 AL0050164.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.