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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0117331

THYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE USA INC, Aurora, OH: NPDES OH0117331 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE USA INC, held by thyssenkrupp rothe erde USA, holds NPDES permit OH0117331, which discharges to Unknown Tributary Of Tinkers Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024. 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 filedTHYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE USA INC
Permittee as filedthyssenkrupp rothe erde USA
NPDES IDOH0117331
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 31, 2019
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2024
AddressAurora, OH 44202
Receiving waterUnknown Tributary of Tinkers Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Tinkers Creek (HUC 041100020502)
SIC3562 – Ball And Roller Bearings
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler OHR000022723

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

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
pH271August 31, 2010
Oil & grease severity080
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant460
Zinc, total [as Zn]260
Aluminum, total [as Al]260
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.060
Magnesium, total [as Mg]060
Chromium, total [as Cr]060
Iron, total [as Fe]060
Manganese, total [as Mn]060
Molybdenum, total [as Mo]060
Nickel, total [as Ni]060
Tin, total [as Sn]060
Rainfall060
Solids, total suspended200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Oil and grease, hexane extr method100

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 OH0117331.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit OH0117331, held by THYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE USA INC in Aurora, OH, which discharges to Unknown Tributary of Tinkers Creek. The permit is administratively continued, with 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance recorded, and the facility is classed as a minor discharger.