Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0061816

ARDAGH GLASS, INC., Dunkirk, IN: NPDES IN0061816 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ARDAGH GLASS, INC., held by ARDAGH GLASS INC., holds NPDES permit IN0061816, which discharges to Dunkirk Drain To Big Lick Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 10, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023.

ARDAGH GLASS, INC., Dunkirk, Indiana: Individual permit IN0061816, held by ARDAGH GLASS INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 10, 2018, term to April 30, 2023, by IDEM; discharges to DUNKIRK DRAIN TO BIG LICK CREEK.

pH: 8 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2024.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 28 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 42% over the limit.
Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 8 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2021, largest 1,033% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Storm water flow: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

ARDAGH GLASS, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Little Lick Creek-Big Lick Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201030301), IN0061816 among them. Its county holds 24, 1 of them major permits; IN0061816 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Lick Creek-Big Lick Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201030301)

3M COMPANY HARTFORD CITY, Hartford City: INRM00520, minor permit, permit term to March 8, 2022
AEP EAST MARION UPLAND HARTFORD CITY, Hartford City: INRA12092, minor permit, permit term to July 4, 2028
BLACKFORD WIND ENERGY, Hartford City: INRA15478, minor permit, permit term to February 27, 2030
BSCI N-1435 PROJECT WO 98788290, Hartford City: INRA11980, minor permit, permit term to June 14, 2028
HARTFORD CITY PHASE 4 CSO MITIGATION PROJECT, Hartford City: INRA18166, minor permit, permit term to May 17, 2031
HARTFORD CITY WWTP, Hartford City: IN0021628, major permit, discharging to MISSISSINEWA R VIA BIG LICK CR TRIB, permit term to August 31, 2024
HARTFORD IRON & METAL COMPANY, Hartford City: INRA16571, minor permit, permit term to August 5, 2030
HARTFORD IRON & METAL INC, Hartford City: INRM02823, minor permit, permit term to December 20, 2026
JACKSON TOWNSHIP REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, Millgrove: INRA10673, minor permit, permit term to October 10, 2027
JACKSON TOWNSHIP RSD, Hartford City: IN0061000, minor permit, discharging to BIG LICK CREEK, permit term to February 28, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	ARDAGH GLASS, INC.
Permittee as filed	ARDAGH GLASS INC.
NPDES ID	IN0061816
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	April 10, 2018
Expiration date	April 30, 2023
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Dunkirk, IN 37336
Receiving water	DUNKIRK DRAIN TO BIG LICK CREEK
Subwatershed	Little Lick Creek-Big Lick Creek (HUC 051201030301)
SIC	3221 – Glass Containers
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND047217583; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001807500004

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
13With 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
pH	8	21	17	July 31, 2024
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	28	12	11	March 31, 2025	42% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	8	8	6	October 31, 2021	1,033% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	3	0
Solids, total suspended	4	2	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	2	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	2	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	2	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	4	2	0
Storm water flow	4	2	0
Flow, total	2	2	0
Oil & Grease	0	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0061816.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0061816.

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 IN0061816.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0061816, held by ARDAGH GLASS INC. for its Dunkirk, IN facility, which discharges to Dunkirk Drain to Big Lick Creek within subwatershed HUC 051201030301. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.