Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG140129
WESTERN EXPRESS, Birmingham, AL: NPDES ALG140129 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTERN EXPRESS, held by Western Express, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG140129. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 | WESTERN EXPRESS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Western Express, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALG140129 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | September 29, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Birmingham, AL 35214 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Village Creek (HUC 031601110408) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under 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 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG140129.
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 ALG140129.
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.