Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG180701
CALHOUN COUNTY METAL RECYCLING, Anniston, AL: NPDES ALG180701 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CALHOUN COUNTY METAL RECYCLING holds NPDES permit ALG180701, which discharges to Ut Cane Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 26, 2008 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 filed | CALHOUN COUNTY METAL RECYCLING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CALHOUN COUNTY METAL RECYCLING |
| NPDES ID | ALG180701 |
| 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 | November 26, 2008 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2012 |
| Address | Anniston, AL 36206 |
| Receiving water | UT CANE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Cane Creek (HUC 031501060407) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease | 2 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 24% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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 ALG180701.
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.