Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0061077
US GRAND CALUMET DREDGING, Gary, IN: NPDES IN0061077 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
US GRAND CALUMET DREDGING, held by US STEEL GRAND CALUMET RIVER DREDGING, holds NPDES permit IN0061077, which discharges to Lake Michigan Via Grand Calumet R. EPA’s file records it issued March 17, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.
Identity
| Facility as filed | US GRAND CALUMET DREDGING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | US STEEL GRAND CALUMET RIVER DREDGING |
| NPDES ID | IN0061077 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Gary, IN 46401 |
| Receiving water | LAKE MICHIGAN VIA GRAND CALUMET R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Grand Calumet River (HUC 071200030406) |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2011 | 62% over the limit |
| Fluorene | 4 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 117% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 47% over the limit |
| Thallium, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aniline | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthenic acid | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Methylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibenzofuran | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0061077.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
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 IN0061077.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.