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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0080411

PLANT NO. 2, Birmingham, AL: NPDES AL0080411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLANT NO. 2, held by Metalplate Galvanizing Lp, holds NPDES permit AL0080411. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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.

What the register holds for PLANT NO. 2: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Birmingham, Alabama, and 23 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AL0080411.

Identity

Facility as filedPLANT NO. 2
Permittee as filedMetalplate Galvanizing Lp
NPDES IDAL0080411
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 29, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressBirmingham, AL 35234
SubwatershedUpper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH400
Cyanide, total [as CN]400
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]400
Benzene400
Solids, total suspended200
Oil & Grease200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]200
Arsenic, total recoverable200
Iron, total recoverable200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Toluene200
Ethylbenzene200
Naphthalene200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0080411.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0080411.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.