Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000712

SCHAFER POWDER COATING, INC., Whitestown, IN: NPDES INP000712 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SCHAFER POWDER COATING, INC. holds NPDES permit INP000712, which discharges to Whitestown Potw. EPA’s file records it issued December 4, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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	SCHAFER POWDER COATING, INC.
Permittee as filed	SCHAFER POWDER COATING, INC.
NPDES ID	INP000712
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	December 4, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Whitestown, IN 46052
Receiving water	WHITESTOWN POTW

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
1With 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	14	6	June 30, 2024	527% over the limit
pH	4	22	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	22	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	4	8	0
Nickel, total recoverable	4	8	0
Silver total recoverable	4	8	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	4	8	0
Lead, total recoverable	4	8	0
Chromium, total recoverable	4	8	0
Copper, total recoverable	4	8	0
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]	2	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 INP000712.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
November 5, 2026	Evaluation (IU)	S
March 23, 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 INP000712.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit INP000712 held by SCHAFER POWDER COATING, INC. in Whitestown, IN, with an administratively continued status and a minor discharger class. The facts list 11 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, 11 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.