Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000616
NOVAE CORP, Columbia City, IN: NPDES INP000616 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NOVAE CORP holds NPDES permit INP000616, which discharges to Columbia City Potw. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2012 and expiring November 30, 2017. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NOVAE CORP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NOVAE CORP |
| NPDES ID | INP000616 |
| 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 | October 31, 2012 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Columbia City, IN 46725 |
| Receiving water | COLUMBIA CITY POTW |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Blue Babe Branch-Blue River (HUC 051201040104) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler INR000015933; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001818300043 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 19 | 15 | December 31, 2017 | 433% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 11 | 7 | October 31, 2017 | 73% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2016 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2012 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 1 | 1 | 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 INP000616.
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 September 15, 2026.