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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000678

FREEDOM FINISH WORKS, Topeka, IN: NPDES INP000678 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FREEDOM FINISH WORKS holds NPDES permit INP000678, which discharges to Topeka Potw. EPA’s file records it issued November 13, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022.

FREEDOM FINISH WORKS, Topeka, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000678; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 13, 2017, term to November 30, 2022, by IDEM; discharges to TOPEKA POTW.

  • Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2018, largest 148% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2019.
  • Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2018, largest 11% over the limit.
  • Cyanide, total [as CN]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nickel, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Silver total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chromium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 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.
  • Organics, total toxic [TTO]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

FREEDOM FINISH WORKS among its neighbors

Its county holds 25, 1 of them major permits; INP000678 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

Identity

Facility as filedFREEDOM FINISH WORKS
Permittee as filedFREEDOM FINISH WORKS
NPDES IDINP000678
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 13, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2022
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressTopeka, IN 46571
Receiving waterTOPEKA POTW

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Zinc, total recoverable21212November 30, 2018148% over the limit
pH222January 31, 2019
Oil and grease, hexane extr method122January 31, 201811% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Organics, total toxic [TTO]200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000678.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INP000678.

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 INP000678.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This page is a Velarion Records entry for the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES INP000678 held by FREEDOM FINISH WORKS in Topeka, IN, covering its status, effluent exceedances, inspections and penalties. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a discharger class of Minor and 12 pollutants on file, 3 of them under a numeric limit and 3 with an effluent exceedance.