Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000285
ELECTRIC MOTORS AND SPECIALTIES INCORPORATED, Garrett, IN: NPDES INP000285 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELECTRIC MOTORS AND SPECIALTIES INCORPORATED, held by ELECTRIC MOTORS AND SPECIALTIES, INC., holds NPDES permit INP000285, which discharges to Garrett Stp. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 2009 and expiring July 31, 2014. 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 | ELECTRIC MOTORS AND SPECIALTIES INCORPORATED |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ELECTRIC MOTORS AND SPECIALTIES, INC. |
| NPDES ID | INP000285 |
| 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 | July 10, 2009 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Garrett, IN 46738 |
| Receiving water | GARRETT STP |
| Subwatershed | Sycamore Creek-Little Cedar Creek (HUC 041000030703) |
| SIC | 3599 – Industrial Machinery |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND006065353 |
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
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 4 | February 28, 2018 | 34% over the limit |
| pH | 1 | 5 | 1 | February 29, 2016 | |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 0 | 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 INP000285.
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.