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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000198

KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC, Kewanna, IN: NPDES INP000198 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC, held by KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES, INC, holds NPDES permit INP000198, which discharges to Kewanna Stp. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 filedKEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC
Permittee as filedKEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES, INC
NPDES IDINP000198
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
IssuedAugust 12, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2021
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressKewanna, IN 46939
Receiving waterKEWANNA STP
SIC2542 – Partitions And Fixtures, Except Wood
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler IND985095967

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
Copper, total recoverable4334June 30, 202092% over the limit
pH2440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2430
Cyanide, total [as CN]4290
Nickel, total recoverable4290
Silver total recoverable4290
Zinc, total recoverable4290
Cadmium, total recoverable4290
Lead, total recoverable4290
Chromium, total recoverable4290
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]2110

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 10, 2026Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
March 10, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 10, 2026Evaluation (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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 10, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState

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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KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC, Kewanna, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000198, held by KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES, INC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 12, 2016, term to October 31, 2021, by IDEM; discharges to KEWANNA STP.

  • Copper, total recoverable: 4 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2020, largest 92% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 43 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cyanide, total [as CN]: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nickel, total recoverable: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Silver total recoverable: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chromium, total recoverable: 4 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]: 2 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • March 10, 2026: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).
  • March 10, 2026: Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs (ST6).
  • March 10, 2026: Evaluation (IU) (S).
  • March 10, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC among its neighbors

Its county holds 20, 1 of them major permits; INP000198 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

  • AKRON WWTP, Akron: IN0025232, minor permit, discharging to TIPPECANOE R VIA CHIPPENWANUCK CR, permit term to October 31, 2025
  • CASTON EDUCATIONAL CENTER, Fulton: IN0031798, minor permit, discharging to EEL R (W)/12 MILE CREEK/NEFF DITCH, permit term to May 31, 2025
  • DEAN FOODS CO, Rochester: ING250036, minor permit, discharging to TIPPECANOE R VIA MILL CREEK, permit term to November 30, 2011
  • DEAN FOODS COMPANY OF INDIANA, LLC, Rochester: INP000164, minor permit, discharging to ROCHESTER STP (TIPPECANOE R), permit term to January 31, 2012
  • FULTON MUNICIPAL WWTP, Fulton: IN0060101, minor permit, discharging to TIPPECANOE R. VIA MILL CREEK, permit term to June 30, 2023
  • IMI KEWANNA, Kewanna: ING490088, minor permit, discharging to TIPPECANOE R VIA COLLINS DITCH, permit term to February 28, 2009
  • KEWANNA MUNICIPAL WWTP, Kewanna: INJ040169, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2099
  • LAU INDUSTRIES INC, Rochester: INP000074, minor permit, discharging to ROCHESTER WWTP (TIPPECANOE R BASIN), permit term to November 30, 2022
  • LEWIS SALVAGE SHRED SERVICES LLC, Rochester: INRM03226, minor permit, permit term to September 29, 2030
  • NYONA/SOUTH MUD LAKE C.D., Fulton County: IN0062464, minor permit, discharging to MUD CRK TO TIPPECANOE R, permit term to December 31, 2025

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit INP000198, held by KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC in Kewanna, IN, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.