Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0000566
AUBURN GEAR, INC., Auburn, IN: NPDES IN0000566 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AUBURN GEAR, INC. holds NPDES permit IN0000566, which discharges to Cedar Cr To St Joseph River. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | AUBURN GEAR, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AUBURN GEAR, INC. |
| NPDES ID | IN0000566 |
| 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 | March 30, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Auburn, IN 46706 |
| Receiving water | CEDAR CR TO ST JOSEPH RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Smith Ditch-Cedar Creek (HUC 041000030604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 30 | 23 | September 30, 2024 | 4,233% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 12 | 11 | August 31, 2000 | 1,033% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 22 | 4 | April 30, 1993 | 3,100% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 16 | 1 | June 30, 2002 | |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 3 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 60% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, total organic [as P] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 2 | 1 | 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 IN0000566.
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 14, 2026.