Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0002810
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, Lincoln County, WI: NPDES WI0002810 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, held by PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERI, holds NPDES permit WI0002810, which discharges to Wisconsin R At L. EPA’s file records it issued March 2, 2010 and expiring March 31, 2015. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERI |
| NPDES ID | WI0002810 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 2, 2010 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2015 |
| Address | Lincoln County, WI 54487 |
| Receiving water | WISCONSIN R AT L |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lake Mohawksin-Wisconsin River (HUC 070700011306) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WID006129241; ICIS-AIR source WI0000005506900002 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 31 | 5 | May 31, 2024 | 28% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 26 | 2 | June 30, 2003 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 14 | 2 | September 30, 2003 | 44% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 172 | 0 | ||
| Halogen, total residual | 0 | 170 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 87 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WI0002810.
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 September 15, 2026.