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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120010

NATIONAL METALS, INC, Leeds, AL: NPDES ALG120010 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NATIONAL METALS, INC, held by NATIONAL METALS INC, holds NPDES permit ALG120010, which discharges to Little Cahaba River. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012. 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 filedNATIONAL METALS, INC
Permittee as filedNATIONAL METALS INC
NPDES IDALG120010
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 27, 2007
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2012
AddressLeeds, AL 35094
Receiving waterLITTLE CAHABA RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Cahaba River (HUC 031502020103)

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
pH250
Solids, total suspended120
Nitrogen, total [as N]120
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]120
Cyanide, total [as CN]120
Arsenic, total recoverable120
Nickel, total recoverable120
Silver total recoverable120
Zinc, total [as Zn]120
Aluminum, total recoverable120
Cadmium, total recoverable120
Lead, total recoverable120
Chromium, total recoverable120
Copper, total recoverable120
Oil and grease120
Rainfall120
Mercury, total [as Hg]120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG120010.

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 ALG120010.

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.