Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MSP092204
HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC, BALLAST DIVISION, Laurel, MS: NPDES MSP092204 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC, BALLAST DIVISION holds NPDES permit MSP092204, which discharges to Ms0020176 - Laurel Potw Number 2. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC, BALLAST DIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC, BALLAST DIVISION |
| NPDES ID | MSP092204 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 15, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Laurel, MS 39443 |
| Receiving water | MS0020176 - LAUREL POTW NUMBER 2 |
| NAICS | 335311 – Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3612 – Transformers, Except Electronic |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MSR000005710; ICIS-AIR source MS0000002806700152 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 4 | 9 | 5 | February 28, 2021 | 172% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2017 | 289% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2014 | 3% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | |
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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 October 14, 2026.