Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000057

ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL, Geneva, IN: NPDES INP000057 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL holds NPDES permit INP000057, which discharges to Geneva Stp (Wabash River Basin). EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022.

ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL, Geneva, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000057; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 31, 2017, term to November 30, 2022, by IDEM; discharges to GENEVA STP (WABASH RIVER BASIN).

Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2006, largest 189% over the limit.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL among its neighbors

Its county holds 34, 1 of them major permits; INP000057 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

ALLIED RECREATION GROUP INC. P1 CAMPUS, Decatur: INRM01644, minor permit, discharging to Saint Marys River, permit term to September 1, 2024
ALLIED RECREATION GROUP INC. P3 CAMPUS, Decatur: INRM01535, minor permit, discharging to Saint Marys River, permit term to September 1, 2024
BELLMONT HIGH SCHOOL TRACK REPLACEMENT, Decatur: INRA12784, minor permit, permit term to November 5, 2028
BERNE WWTP, Berne: IN0021369, minor permit, discharging to WABASH RIVER, permit term to December 31, 2021
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA (EAST), LLC, Decatur: IN0000591, minor permit, discharging to ST MARY'S RIVER, permit term to March 31, 2022
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA EAST LLC, Decatur: INRM03124, minor permit, discharging to Saint Marys River, permit term to October 9, 2029
CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS INCORPORATED, Decatur: INRM02894, minor permit, permit term to October 26, 2027
CHAMPION HOMES BUILDING ADDITIONS 2023, Decatur: INRA12324, minor permit, permit term to August 8, 2028
COUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION, Decatur: IN0055417, minor permit, discharging to ST MARYS R VIA KOHNE DITCH, permit term to July 31, 2021
DECATUR WWTP, Decatur: IN0039314, major permit, discharging to ST MARYS RIVER, permit term to February 28, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL
Permittee as filed	ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL
NPDES ID	INP000057
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual industrial user permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 31, 2017
Expiration date	November 30, 2022
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Geneva, IN 46740
Receiving water	GENEVA STP (WABASH RIVER BASIN)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND088738166; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001800100022

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Copper, total recoverable	2	8	8	May 31, 2006	189% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]	4	0	0
Nickel, total recoverable	4	0	0
Silver total recoverable	4	0	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	4	0	0
Lead, total recoverable	4	0	0
Chromium, total recoverable	4	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000057.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INP000057.

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 INP000057.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit INP000057 held by ELKHART TRI-WENT INDUSTRIAL in Geneva, IN, which discharges to GENEVA STP (WABASH RIVER BASIN) and is listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's recorded issue and expiration dates as they stood when the record was loaded.