Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0059251
WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC PLT 5, Tell City, IN: NPDES IN0059251 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC PLT 5, held by WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC., PLANT 5, holds NPDES permit IN0059251, which discharges to Ohio River Via Windy Cr Via Unnamed Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued December 16, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC PLT 5 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC., PLANT 5 |
| NPDES ID | IN0059251 |
| 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 | December 16, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Tell City, IN 47586 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER VIA WINDY CR VIA UNNAMED DITCH |
| Subwatershed | City of New Boston-Anderson River (HUC 051402010405) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 28 | 89 | 49 | February 29, 2024 | 34% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 12 | 10 | January 31, 2012 | 1,360% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 10 | 8 | 4 | December 31, 2013 | 120% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 7 | 2 | December 31, 2001 | |
| Flow, total | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 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 IN0059251.
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.