Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING340068
BUCKEYE PIPELINE COMPANY EAST CHICAGO STATION, East Chicago, IN: NPDES ING340068 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKEYE PIPELINE COMPANY EAST CHICAGO STATION, held by Buckeye Pipeline Company East Chicago Station, holds NPDES permit ING340068, which discharges to Indiana Harbor Canal. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 | BUCKEYE PIPELINE COMPANY EAST CHICAGO STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Buckeye Pipeline Company East Chicago Station |
| NPDES ID | ING340068 |
| 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 | December 31, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | East Chicago, IN 46312 |
| Receiving water | Indiana Harbor Canal |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Calumet River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400010603) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND980792683 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 7 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Volatile compounds, [GC/MS] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ING340068.
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 ING340068.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.