Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000238

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCT DIV., Pittsboro, IN: NPDES INP000238 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCT DIV., held by STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCTS DIV., holds NPDES permit INP000238, which discharges to Pittsboro Stp (White Lick Cr). EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024.

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCT DIV., Pittsboro, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000238, held by STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCTS DIV.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 1, 2019, term to July 31, 2024, by IDEM; discharges to PITTSBORO STP (WHITE LICK CR).

Zinc, total recoverable: 3 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2023, largest 189,665% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025.
Lead, total recoverable: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2004, largest 5,324,713% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCT DIV. among its neighbors

Its county holds 85, 6 of them major permits; INP000238 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - MQJ5, Plainfield: INRM02799, minor permit, permit term to June 24, 2026
AMO LOCKER PLANT, Amo: IN0043991, not classed
AMO-COATESVILLE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT WWTP, Coatesville: IN0043877, minor permit, discharging to CRITTENDEN CR TO MILL CR TO EEL R TO W FK WHITE R, permit term to July 31, 2022
ANNSDALE & HAMPTONS SECTION 1 ST THE VILLAGES OF HERITAGE HILL MULTIPLE LOTS, Brownsburg: INRA03098, minor permit, permit term to March 12, 2024
ANNSDALE & THE HAMPTONS SECTION 1 AT THE VILLAGE OF HERITAGE HILL, Brownsburg: INR10P176, minor permit, permit term to June 26, 2027
BELLE ARBOR SECTION 4, Brownsburg: INRA07762, minor permit, permit term to June 12, 2026
BELLEVILLE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Clayton: IN0049581, minor permit, discharging to W FK WHITE LICK CRK TO W FK WHITE R, permit term to June 30, 2018
BELLEVILLE MARATHON, Belleville: ING080249, minor permit, discharging to MUD CREEK, permit term to June 30, 2012
BIO RESPONSE EAST EXPANSION, Danville: INRA16133, minor permit, permit term to May 28, 2030
BP AMOCO STATION 10067, Plainfield: ING080114, minor permit, discharging to STORM SEWER TO CLARK'S CREEK, permit term to October 31, 2014

Identity

Facility as filed	STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCT DIV.
Permittee as filed	STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCTS DIV.
NPDES ID	INP000238
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	May 1, 2019
Expiration date	July 31, 2024
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Pittsboro, IN 46167
Receiving water	PITTSBORO STP (WHITE LICK CR)
SIC	3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler INR000012120; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001806300037

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
3With 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
Zinc, total recoverable	3	13	13	August 31, 2023	189,665% over the limit
pH	4	3	3	December 31, 2025
Lead, total recoverable	4	3	3	November 30, 2004	5,324,713% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000238.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INP000238.

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 INP000238.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES INP000238, held by STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. - ENG. BAR PRODUCTS DIV. in Pittsboro, IN, which discharges to PITTSBORO STP (WHITE LICK CR). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class of 4, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.