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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000074

LAU INDUSTRIES INC, Rochester, IN: NPDES INP000074 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LAU INDUSTRIES INC, held by LAU HOLDINGS LLC, holds NPDES permit INP000074, which discharges to Rochester Wwtp (Tippecanoe R Basin). EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 filedLAU INDUSTRIES INC
Permittee as filedLAU HOLDINGS LLC
NPDES IDINP000074
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2022
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressRochester, IN 46975
Receiving waterROCHESTER WWTP (TIPPECANOE R BASIN)
SIC3471 – Plating And Polishing
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler IND005158167

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2297April 30, 2026
Zinc, total recoverable4243March 31, 2013157% over the limit
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]142May 31, 2007135% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]4300
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2220
Nickel, total recoverable4210
Lead, total recoverable4210
Chromium, total recoverable4210
Copper, total recoverable4210
Silver total recoverable4140
Cadmium, total recoverable4130
Phosphorus, total [as P]260
Oil and grease, hexane extr method240

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000074.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit INP000074, held by LAU HOLDINGS LLC for LAU INDUSTRIES INC in Rochester, IN, which discharges to Rochester Wwtp (Tippecanoe R Basin). The page lists a discharger class of 13, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.