Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0055859
VERTEX REFINING ALABAMA LLC, Saraland, AL: NPDES AL0055859 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VERTEX REFINING ALABAMA LLC, held by Shell Chemical LP, holds NPDES permit AL0055859. EPA’s file records it issued June 22, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 | VERTEX REFINING ALABAMA LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Shell Chemical LP |
| NPDES ID | AL0055859 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 22, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Address | Saraland, AL 36571 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Chasaw Creek (HUC 031602040305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 15 | 11 | June 30, 2010 | 333% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 8 | May 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 8 | October 31, 2009 | 403% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 9 | 5 | June 30, 2008 | 170% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 9 | 5 | March 31, 2011 | 25% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2006 | 41% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2000 | 25% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 23% over the limit |
| Benzene | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 200% over the limit |
| Phenolic compounds, total | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2008 | 24% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2025 | 8% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, greater than 30 minutes | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 1998 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semiannual Certification Statement | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Cyprinodon variegatus | 1 | 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 AL0055859.
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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