Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0054500
METALLICS INC, Onalaska, WI: NPDES WI0054500 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
METALLICS INC holds NPDES permit WI0054500, which discharges to Halfway Cr. EPA’s file records it issued September 22, 2008 and expiring September 30, 2013. 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 | METALLICS INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METALLICS INC |
| NPDES ID | WI0054500 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 22, 2008 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2013 |
| Address | Onalaska, WI 54650 |
| Receiving water | HALFWAY CR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lake Onalaska-Mississippi River (HUC 070400060103) |
| SIC | 3479 – Metal Coating And Allied Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WID006168900 |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 9 | 175 | 7 | September 30, 2001 | 461% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 188 | 2 | February 29, 2000 | 169% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 5 | 182 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 182 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 91 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 7 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 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 WI0054500.
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.