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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INRA11682

HEARTLAND STORAGE, Merrillville, IN: NPDES INRA11682 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HEARTLAND STORAGE, held by James Knuth, MECA Engineering, holds NPDES permit INRA11682. EPA’s file records it issued April 26, 2023 and expiring April 25, 2028. 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.

What the register holds for HEARTLAND STORAGE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Merrillville, Indiana. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES INRA11682.

Identity

Facility as filedHEARTLAND STORAGE
Permittee as filedJames Knuth, MECA Engineering
NPDES IDINRA11682
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedApril 26, 2023
Expiration dateApril 25, 2028
Issuing agencyState
AddressMerrillville, IN 46410
SubwatershedCity of Merrillville-Turkey Creek (HUC 040400010505)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES INRA11682.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INRA11682.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INRA11682.

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 INRA11682.

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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Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

In Merrillville, Indiana, 0.0% of the storm water construction permits have a violation on file, and HEARTLAND STORAGE is among the 49 such permits listed on EPA's NPDES register. Of those 49 permits, 36.7% were issued before the HEARTLAND STORAGE permit, and the City of Merrillville-Turkey Creek subwatershed counts 37 NPDES permits, this permit included.