Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING250026

FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORP, Fort Wayne, IN: NPDES ING250026 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORP, held by Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp, holds NPDES permit ING250026, which discharges to Saint Marys River. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2021 and expiring October 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORP
Permittee as filed	Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp
NPDES ID	ING250026
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
Issued	February 25, 2021
Expiration date	October 31, 2025
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Fort Wayne, IN 46809
Receiving water	Saint Marys River
Subwatershed	Fairfield Ditch (HUC 041000040603)
NAICS	331222 – Steel Wire Drawing
SIC	3315 – Steel Wire And Related Products
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND056041122; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001800300400

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With 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
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	14	34	33	January 31, 2026	35% over the limit
pH	2	4	2	August 31, 2025
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	3	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	3	0
Oil & Grease	0	2	0
Flow, total	1	1	0
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	2	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 ING250026.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ING250026, held by Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp in Fort Wayne, IN, which discharges to the Saint Marys River and carries an administratively continued status. The page lists 6 as the discharger class and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 2 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.