Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000184

MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC, Aurora, IN: NPDES INP000184 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC holds NPDES permit INP000184, which discharges to South Dearborn Rsd (Ohio River). EPA’s file records it issued January 13, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022.

MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC, Aurora, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000184; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 13, 2017, term to February 28, 2022, by IDEM; discharges to SOUTH DEARBORN RSD (OHIO RIVER).

pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2024.
Copper, total recoverable: 4 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2014, largest 84% over the limit.
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]: 4 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2014, largest 87% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver total recoverable: 8 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 8 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 8 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 4 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total recoverable: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 8 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 3, 2026: Evaluation (IU) (S).

MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC among its neighbors

Its county holds 49, 2 of them major permits; INP000184 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

AEP: TANNERS CREEK PLANT CLAY STOCKPILE STORAGE FACILITY & SEDIMENT BASIN, Lawrenceburg: INR10J367, minor permit, permit term to November 12, 2019
ALL-RITE READY MIX OF INDIANA LLC, Aurora: IN0059897, minor permit, discharging to LAUGHERY CR VIA UNAMED TRIBUTARY, permit term to January 31, 2013
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP, Lawrenceburg: INP000187, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH DEARBORN RSD (OHIO R), permit term to September 30, 2022
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION, Lawrenceburg: IN0044016, minor permit, discharging to OHIO R VIA UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, permit term to April 30, 2021
AURORA CASKET CO. - VANGUARD, Aurora: INP000185, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH DEARBORN RSD (OHIO R), permit term to August 31, 2011
AURORA COMBINED COLLECTION SYSTEM, Aurora: IN0050903, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH DEARBORN RSD (OHIO RIVER), permit term to February 28, 2026
CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS (FKA BETTERA BRANDS), Greendale: INP000709, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH DEARBORN RSD, permit term to September 30, 2025
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ADVISORY BOARD HIGHER GROUND SITEWORK, West Harrison: INRA09848, minor permit, permit term to June 2, 2027
CORE METALS GROUP LLC (MPM FACILITY), Aurora: INRM01017, minor permit, discharging to Hogan Creek, permit term to September 15, 2024
DAVE OMARA STOCKPILE MORGAN BRANCH ROAD, Aurora: INRA01563, minor permit, permit term to May 13, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC
Permittee as filed	MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC
NPDES ID	INP000184
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	January 13, 2017
Expiration date	February 28, 2022
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Aurora, IN 47001
Receiving water	SOUTH DEARBORN RSD (OHIO RIVER)
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
SIC	3995 – Burial Caskets
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND004236295; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001802900001

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
11With 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
pH	2	10	6	June 30, 2024
Copper, total recoverable	4	11	2	June 30, 2014	84% over the limit
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]	4	6	2	December 31, 2014	87% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	12	0
Silver total recoverable	8	6	0
Lead, total recoverable	8	6	0
Chromium, total recoverable	8	6	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	4	6	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	4	5	0
Nickel, total recoverable	4	5	0
Zinc, total recoverable	8	4	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000184.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 3, 2026	Evaluation (IU)	S

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 INP000184.

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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 INP000184, held by MATTHEWS AURORA, LLC of Aurora, IN, which discharges to SOUTH DEARBORN RSD (OHIO RIVER), a water listed as impaired under 303(D). The page lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 11 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.