Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALP000078
CHOICE FABRICATORS INC., Rainbow City, AL: NPDES ALP000078 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHOICE FABRICATORS INC., held by Choice Fabricators Inc., holds NPDES permit ALP000078. EPA’s file records it issued September 21, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | CHOICE FABRICATORS INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Choice Fabricators Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ALP000078 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 21, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Rainbow City, AL 35901 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 10 | 10 | March 31, 2016 | 655% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2016 | |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2016 | 174% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 1 | 0 | 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 ALP000078.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.