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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG160154

WCA OF ALABAMA, LLC INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL, Childersburg, AL: NPDES ALG160154 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WCA OF ALABAMA, LLC INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL, held by WCA of Alabama, LLC Industrial Landfill, holds NPDES permit ALG160154. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2017 and expiring January 31, 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 filedWCA OF ALABAMA, LLC INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL
Permittee as filedWCA of Alabama, LLC Industrial Landfill
NPDES IDALG160154
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
IssuedFebruary 1, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2022
AddressChildersburg, AL 35044
SubwatershedFanning Branch (HUC 031501060809)

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
Turbidity6471December 31, 2020
pH6370
Solids, total suspended3190
Oil & Grease3180
Solids, settleable2150
Rainfall2150
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2140
Cadmium, total [as Cd]2140
Chromium, total [as Cr]2140
Copper, total [as Cu]2140
Solids, total dissolved2140
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2140
Phosphorus, total [as P]140
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140

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 ALG160154.

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.