Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0000248

RESCO PRODUCTS, Hammond, IN: NPDES IN0000248 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

RESCO PRODUCTS, held by RESCO PRODUCTS, INC., holds NPDES permit IN0000248, which discharges to Grand Calumet R To Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2005 and expiring June 30, 2010.

RESCO PRODUCTS, Hammond, Indiana: Individual permit IN0000248, held by RESCO PRODUCTS, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 3, 2005, term to June 30, 2010, by IDEM; discharges to GRAND CALUMET R TO LAKE MICHIGAN.

Oil & Grease: 5 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2006, largest 80% over the limit.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 14 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2002, largest 4% over the limit.
pH: 7 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Storm water flow: 5 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 3 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 8 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

RESCO PRODUCTS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 48 discharge permits in the Headwaters Grand Calumet River subwatershed (HUC 071200030406), IN0000248 among them. Its county holds 204, 18 of them major permits; IN0000248 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Headwaters Grand Calumet River subwatershed (HUC 071200030406)

15TH AVENUE, Gary: INRA18295, minor permit, permit term to June 4, 2031
27TH AND CHASE PUMP STATION AND FORCE MAIN PHASE 3, Gary: INRA16212, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2030
AMERICAN PRECISION SERVICES, Gary: INRA18187, minor permit, permit term to May 19, 2031
BEYOND 4 WALLS PROJECT, Gary: INRA07724, minor permit, permit term to May 6, 2026
BLAINE STREET PARTNERS RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION, Gary: INRM03269, minor permit, permit term to May 3, 2031
BUCKEYE TERMINALS HAMMOND TERMINAL, Hammond: ING340066, minor permit, discharging to Grand Calumet River, permit term to October 31, 2020
CALUMET FLEXICORE CORP, Hammond: IN0052825, minor permit, discharging to GRAND CALUMET R TO LAKE MICHIGAN, permit term to June 30, 2010
COMPLETE STREETS ENHANCEMENTS, Gary: INRA11839, minor permit, permit term to May 22, 2028
DEMOLITION OF GARY MANOR HOMES, GARY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Gary: INRA09351, minor permit, permit term to March 15, 2027
EXPLORER PIPELINE CO - HAMMOND STATION, Hammond: ING080169, minor permit, discharging to GRAND CALUMENT R VIA CULVERT VIA D, permit term to June 30, 2007

Identity

Facility as filed	RESCO PRODUCTS
Permittee as filed	RESCO PRODUCTS, INC.
NPDES ID	IN0000248
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 3, 2005
Expiration date	June 30, 2010
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Hammond, IN 46323
Receiving water	GRAND CALUMET R TO LAKE MICHIGAN
Subwatershed	Headwaters Grand Calumet River (HUC 071200030406)
SIC	3297 – Nonclay Refractories
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND016366551; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001808900222

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
2With 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 & Grease	5	16	3	April 30, 2006	80% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	14	12	1	February 28, 2002	4% over the limit
pH	7	31	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	22	0
Storm water flow	5	9	0
Solids, total suspended	3	8	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	3	8	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	3	8	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	8	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	3	8	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	3	8	0
Flow, total	2	6	0
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	0	4	0
Chlorine, total residual	8	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0000248.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0000248.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IN0000248.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IN0000248, held by RESCO PRODUCTS, INC. for RESCO PRODUCTS in Hammond, IN, which discharges to the Grand Calumet R To Lake Michigan within the HUC 071200030406 Grand Calumet River watershed. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, and the page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.