Velarion Records
Follow this permit Velarion Records emails you this permit’s record, cited to the public filing, and tells you when the register changes it. Free.
We’ll email you a link to confirm. The continuous daily watch on every change is the paid alert. Unsubscribe any time.
Also free: The Pay Desk, the weekly executive pay briefing.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000179

BEACON INDUSTRIES, INC., Edinburgh, IN: NPDES INP000179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BEACON INDUSTRIES, INC. holds NPDES permit INP000179, which discharges to Edinburgh Stp (Big Blue River). EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021.

BEACON INDUSTRIES, INC., Edinburgh, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000179; Effective; issued May 11, 2016, term to August 31, 2021, by IDEM; discharges to EDINBURGH STP (BIG BLUE RIVER).

  • Zinc, total recoverable: 6 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2021, largest 386% over the limit.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 6 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2004, largest 2% over the limit.
  • Organics, total toxic [TTO]: 5 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2011, largest 323% over the limit.
  • Nickel, total recoverable: 6 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Silver total recoverable: 6 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 6 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cyanide, total [as CN]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chromium, total recoverable: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

BEACON INDUSTRIES, INC. among its neighbors

Its county holds 65, 2 of them major permits; INP000179 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

Identity

Facility as filedBEACON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Permittee as filedBEACON INDUSTRIES, INC.
NPDES IDINP000179
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 11, 2016
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2021
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressEdinburgh, IN 46124
Receiving waterEDINBURGH STP (BIG BLUE RIVER)
SIC3479 – Metal Coating And Allied Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source IN0000001800500060

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
Zinc, total recoverable664June 30, 2021386% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable622September 30, 20042% over the limit
Organics, total toxic [TTO]531June 30, 2011323% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable620
Silver total recoverable620
Copper, total recoverable620
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant420
Cyanide, total [as CN]600
Lead, total recoverable600
Chromium, total recoverable600
pH400

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000179.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INP000179.

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 INP000179.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, INP000179.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES INP000179 held by BEACON INDUSTRIES, INC. of Edinburgh, IN, which discharges to Edinburgh Stp (Big Blue River), with a permit status of Effective and a Minor Discharger class. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, 3 of which show an effluent exceedance, and the permit's recorded issue and expiration dates are May 11, 2016 and August 31, 2021.