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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG160126

SAND VALLEY LANDFILL, Collinsville, AL: NPDES ALG160126 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAND VALLEY LANDFILL, held by GEK, Inc., holds NPDES permit ALG160126. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2022 and expiring January 31, 2027. 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 filedSAND VALLEY LANDFILL
Permittee as filedGEK, Inc.
NPDES IDALG160126
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedMarch 1, 2022
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2027
Issuing agencyState
AddressCollinsville, AL 35961
SubwatershedUpper Big Wills Creek (HUC 031501060102)

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
Turbidity18276June 30, 2024
pH14100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]680
Solids, settleable670
Copper, total [as Cu]670
Solids, total suspended760
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C660
Chromium, total [as Cr]660
Rainfall750
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]750
Solids, total dissolved650
Oil & Grease740
Oil and grease040
Annual Certification Statement200

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 ALG160126.

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.