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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG120456

VALMONT - BIRMINGHAM GALVANIZING INC., Steele, AL: NPDES ALG120456 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VALMONT - BIRMINGHAM GALVANIZING INC., held by Valmont Coatings, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG120456. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 filedVALMONT - BIRMINGHAM GALVANIZING INC.
Permittee as filedValmont Coatings, Inc.
NPDES IDALG120456
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
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedNovember 30, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
Issuing agencyState
AddressSteele, AL 35987
SubwatershedMiddle Big Canoe Creek (HUC 031501060305)

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
pH2130
Solids, total suspended160
Nitrogen, total [as N]160
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]160
Cyanide, total [as CN]160
Arsenic, total recoverable160
Nickel, total recoverable160
Silver total recoverable160
Zinc, total [as Zn]160
Aluminum, total recoverable160
Cadmium, total recoverable160
Lead, total recoverable160
Chromium, total recoverable160
Copper, total recoverable160
Rainfall160
Mercury, total [as Hg]160
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]160
Oil & Grease130
Oil and grease030
Annual Certification Statement100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG120456.

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 ALG120456.

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 14, 2026.