Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000068

MERIT STEEL COMPANY, Kouts, IN: NPDES INP000068 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

MERIT STEEL COMPANY, held by MERIT STEEL COMPANY, INC., holds NPDES permit INP000068, which discharges to Kouts Stp (Kankakee River Basin). EPA’s file records it issued October 5, 2023 and expiring January 31, 2028. 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	MERIT STEEL COMPANY
Permittee as filed	MERIT STEEL COMPANY, INC.
NPDES ID	INP000068
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual industrial user permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 5, 2023
Expiration date	January 31, 2028
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Kouts, IN 46347
Receiving water	KOUTS STP (KANKAKEE RIVER BASIN)
SIC	3315 – Steel Wire And Related Products
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND984873646

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

5Pollutants on file
5Under 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
Zinc, total recoverable	2	32	24	June 30, 2026	2,946% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable	2	15	7	July 31, 2009	35% over the limit
pH	2	12	4	April 30, 2024
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	8	0
Molybdenum, total [as Mo]	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 INP000068.

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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES INP000068, held by MERIT STEEL COMPANY, INC. for MERIT STEEL COMPANY in Kouts, IN, with status listed as Effective and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 5 as the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.