Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000648

FOX PRODUCTS, INC., South Whitley, IN: NPDES INP000648 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FOX PRODUCTS, INC. holds NPDES permit INP000648, which discharges to South Whitley Potw. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025.

FOX PRODUCTS, INC., South Whitley, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000648; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 23, 2020, term to April 30, 2025, by IDEM; discharges to SOUTH WHITLEY POTW.

Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2017, largest 50% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2016.
Nickel, total recoverable: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2018, largest 32% over the limit.
Silver total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR469]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

June 17, 2026: Evaluation (IU) (S).

FOX PRODUCTS, INC. among its neighbors

Its county holds 40, 2 of them major permits; INP000648 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

80/20 INCORPORATED, Columbia City: INRM03278, minor permit, permit term to July 8, 2031
80/20, INC., Columbia City: INP000291, minor permit, discharging to COLUMBIA CITY POTW, permit term to November 30, 2024
ADVANCED MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Columbia City: INP000613, minor permit, discharging to COLUMBIA CITY POTW, permit term to November 30, 2022
BLUE RIDGE ESTATES MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY, Churubusco: IN0037729, minor permit, discharging to OR/WABASH/EEL/BLUE/GROWCOCK/SB CRTR, permit term to November 30, 2021
CHS INCORPORATED, Columbia City: INRM01601, minor permit, permit term to February 18, 2018
CHURUBUSCO WWTP, TOWN OF, Churubusco: IN0021113, minor permit, discharging to EEL R (WABASH) VIA CHURUBUSCO BRNCH, permit term to June 30, 2023
COLUMBIA CITY WWTP, Columbia City: IN0022624, major permit, discharging to EEL R (WABASH) VIA BLUE RIVER, permit term to December 31, 2022
COLUMBIA CITY WWTP, Columbia City: INL022624, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
COUPLED PRODUCTS LLC, Columbia City: IN0025453, major permit, discharging to EEL R (WABASH) VIA COOK DRAIN VIA D, permit term to June 30, 2014
DOT AMERICA, Columbia City: INP000711, minor permit, discharging to COLUMBIA CITY POTW, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	FOX PRODUCTS, INC.
Permittee as filed	FOX PRODUCTS, INC.
NPDES ID	INP000648
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	January 23, 2020
Expiration date	April 30, 2025
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	South Whitley, IN 46787
Receiving water	SOUTH WHITLEY POTW
SIC	3471 – Plating And Polishing

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
8With 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
Copper, total recoverable	2	2	2	August 31, 2017	50% over the limit
pH	2	1	1	November 30, 2016
Nickel, total recoverable	2	1	1	October 31, 2018	32% over the limit
Silver total recoverable	2	2	0
Zinc, total recoverable	2	2	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	2	2	0
Lead, total recoverable	2	2	0
Chromium, total recoverable	2	2	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR469]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000648.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 17, 2026	Evaluation (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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES INP000648.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES INP000648 for FOX PRODUCTS, INC. of South Whitley, IN, which discharges to South Whitley POTW and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 11 of them under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.