Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000092

VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Ligonier, IN: NPDES INP000092 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, held by VIBRATION CONTROL TECH., LLC, holds NPDES permit INP000092, which discharges to Ligonier Stp (Elkhart River). EPA’s file records it issued May 30, 1997 and expiring April 30, 2002.

VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Ligonier, Indiana: State-issued individual permit INP000092, held by VIBRATION CONTROL TECH., LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 30, 1997, term to April 30, 2002; discharges to LIGONIER STP (ELKHART RIVER).

Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2007, largest 137% over the limit.
pH: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2003.
Zinc, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2003, largest 67% over the limit.
Copper, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2007, largest 96% over the limit.

VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 18 discharge permits in the Indian Lake-Elkhart River subwatershed (HUC 040500011802), INP000092 among them. Its county holds 63, 2 of them major permits; INP000092 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Indian Lake-Elkhart River subwatershed (HUC 040500011802)

FAMILY EXPRESS, Ligonier: INRA15064, minor permit, permit term to January 8, 2030
FOREST RIVER INCORPORATED PLANT 91, Ligonier: INRM02902, minor permit, permit term to September 26, 2027
JELD WEN, Ligonier: INRM00528, minor permit, permit term to August 6, 2026
KEVIN TROYER CHICKEN LAYER BARN, Ligonier: INRA12347, minor permit, permit term to August 10, 2028
LIGONIER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Ligonier: INL023582, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
LIGONIER WWTP, Ligonier: IN0023582, major permit, discharging to ELKHART R TO ST JOSEPH RIVER, permit term to February 28, 2026
NELSON LEHMAN CHICKEN BARN, Ligonier: INRA16062, minor permit, permit term to June 22, 2030
PARKER HANNIFIN INTEGRATED SEALING SYSTEMS DIVISION, Ligonier: INRM01112, minor permit, permit term to March 13, 2019
SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION, Ligonier: ING250035, minor permit, discharging to Elkhart River, permit term to October 31, 2025
STAR OF THE WEST MILLING COMPANY, Ligonier: INRA11849, minor permit, permit term to July 27, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Permittee as filed	VIBRATION CONTROL TECH., LLC
NPDES ID	INP000092
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	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 30, 1997
Expiration date	April 30, 2002
Address	Ligonier, IN 46767
Receiving water	LIGONIER STP (ELKHART RIVER)
Subwatershed	Indian Lake-Elkhart River (HUC 040500011802)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler INR000105809

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
4With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	4	July 31, 2007	137% over the limit
pH	2	2	December 31, 2003
Zinc, total recoverable	2	2	December 31, 2003	67% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable	2	2	June 30, 2007	96% over the limit

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000092.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INP000092.

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 INP000092.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit INP000092, held by VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC in Ligonier, IN, which discharges to LIGONIER STP (ELKHART RIVER) within watershed HUC 040500011802. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.