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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0141038

AK STEEL CORP - MIDDLETOWN WORKS, Middletown, OH: NPDES OH0141038 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AK STEEL CORP - MIDDLETOWN WORKS, held by AK Steel Corp, holds NPDES permit OH0141038, which discharges to Dicks Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 28, 2011 and expiring October 31, 2014.

AK STEEL CORP - MIDDLETOWN WORKS, Middletown, Ohio: Individual permit OH0141038, held by AK Steel Corp; Effective; issued March 28, 2011, term to October 31, 2014; discharges to Dicks Creek.

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2012, largest 29,650% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2010.
  • Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Turbidity: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

AK STEEL CORP - MIDDLETOWN WORKS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Dicks Creek subwatershed (HUC 050800020704), OH0141038 among them. Its county holds 31, 9 of them major permits; OH0141038 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filedAK STEEL CORP - MIDDLETOWN WORKS
Permittee as filedAK Steel Corp
NPDES IDOH0141038
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 28, 2011
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2014
AddressMiddletown, OH 45053
Receiving waterDicks Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDicks Creek (HUC 050800020704)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler OHD004234480; ICIS-AIR source OH0000001409010006

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
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]332July 31, 201229,650% over the limit
pH231June 30, 2010
Temperature, water deg. centigrade440
Turbidity440
Solids, total suspended220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Oil and grease, hexane extr method110

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0141038.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES OH0141038.

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 OH0141038.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit OH0141038 held by AK Steel Corp for AK STEEL CORP - MIDDLETOWN WORKS in Middletown, OH, which discharges to Dicks Creek within HUC 050800020704. The permit's status is listed as Effective, with a Minor discharger class of 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.