Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INRM02642
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY COLEHOUR FACILITY, Hammond, IN: NPDES INRM02642 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY COLEHOUR FACILITY, held by Norfolk Southern Railway Company Colehour Facility, holds NPDES permit INRM02642, which discharges to Wolf Lake. EPA’s file records it issued March 11, 2020 and expiring March 10, 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.
What the register holds for NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY COLEHOUR FACILITY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Hammond, Indiana, its receiving water, and 8 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES INRM02642.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY COLEHOUR FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Norfolk Southern Railway Company Colehour Facility |
| NPDES ID | INRM02642 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | March 11, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 10, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Hammond, IN 46320 |
| Receiving water | Wolf Lake |
| Subwatershed | Calumet River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400010603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES INRM02642.
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 INRM02642.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES INRM02642.
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 INRM02642.
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.