Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INJ060801

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP, Burns Harbor, IN: NPDES INJ060801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP, held by BURNS HARBOR & CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP, holds NPDES permit INJ060801, which discharges to Little Calumet R Via Arcelormittal. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2026.

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP, Burns Harbor, Indiana: State-issued individual permit INJ060801, held by BURNS HARBOR & CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 14, 2020, term to February 28, 2026, by IDEM; discharges to LITTLE CALUMET R VIA ARCELORMITTAL.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 24 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 811% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 99,999% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Indiana holds 5 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 4 were issued before INJ060801.

Coverages issued nearest INJ060801

June 17, 2016: INDEPENDENCE HILL CONSV DIST, Merrillville, INJ031089, held by INDEPENDENCE HILL C.D.
January 27, 2017: MERRILLVILLE CONSERV DIST, Merrillville, INJ035548, held by MERRILLVILLE C.D.
February 28, 2017: VALLEY RURAL UTILITY COMPANY, Lawrenceburg, INJ043168
April 16, 2020: LAKE STATION SANITARY DISTRICT, Lake Station, INJ063592

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 47 discharge permits in the Coffee Creek-East Arm Little Calumet River subwatershed (HUC 040400010403), INJ060801 among them. Its county holds 88, 7 of them major permits; INJ060801 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Coffee Creek-East Arm Little Calumet River subwatershed (HUC 040400010403)

178682 MNOKE TRAIL - TOWN OF PORTER, Chesterton: INRA17572, minor permit, permit term to March 1, 2031
ABLE DISPOSAL, Chesterton: INRM01153, minor permit, discharging to Little Calumet River, permit term to September 12, 2024
ALDI - CHESTERTON, Chesterton: INRA07124, minor permit, permit term to March 10, 2026
AMELING PROPERTIES, Chesterton: INRA12526, minor permit, permit term to September 10, 2028
BLACK DRUM CAPITAL, Chesterton: INRA11677, minor permit, permit term to April 24, 2028
CARRIAGE LANE ROAD STORM SEWER & ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, Westville: INRA13113, minor permit, permit term to January 10, 2029
CCC PUD 1ST ADDITION PHASE B LOT 7 & 8 SURGICENTER CHESTERTON, Chesterton: INRA08181, minor permit, permit term to August 22, 2026
CCC PUD PHASE B LOTS 20-28, Chesterton: INRA11173, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2028
CHESTERTON MIDDLE SCHOOL DEMOLITION, Chesterton: INRA14784, minor permit, permit term to October 7, 2029
CHESTERTON PARKING LOTS, Chesterton: INRA15223, minor permit, permit term to January 5, 2030

Identity

Facility as filed	CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP
Permittee as filed	BURNS HARBOR & CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP
NPDES ID	INJ060801
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	State-issued individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 14, 2020
Expiration date	February 28, 2026
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Burns Harbor, IN 46304
Receiving water	LITTLE CALUMET R VIA ARCELORMITTAL
Subwatershed	Coffee Creek-East Arm Little Calumet River (HUC 040400010403)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With 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	2	30	24	June 30, 2026	811% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	15	6	February 28, 2025	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	13	5	June 30, 2019	99,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	9	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INJ060801.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INJ060801.

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 INJ060801.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit INJ060801 for the CLEVELAND-CLIFFS LLC WWTP in Burns Harbor, IN, which discharges to the Little Calumet R via ArcelorMittal, in the Coffee Creek-East Arm subwatershed of HUC 040400010403. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it shows the permit as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class of 4.