Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000249
MERCHANTS METALS, LLC, New Paris, IN: NPDES INP000249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MERCHANTS METALS, LLC holds NPDES permit INP000249, which discharges to New Paris Cons Dist Potw/Elkhart R. EPA’s file records it issued January 16, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020. 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 filed | MERCHANTS METALS, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MERCHANTS METALS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | INP000249 |
| 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 | January 16, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | New Paris, IN 46553 |
| Receiving water | NEW PARIS CONS DIST POTW/ELKHART R |
| Subwatershed | Dausman Ditch-Turkey Creek (HUC 040500011708) |
| SIC | 3357 – Nonferrous Wiredrawing & Insulating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND039349238 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 19 | 11 | December 31, 2017 | |
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 15 | 5 | August 31, 2017 | 156% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 11 | 3 | October 31, 2006 | 94% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2010 | 20% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000249.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.