Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0061077
US GRAND CALUMET DREDGING, Gary, IN: NPDES IN0061077 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
US GRAND CALUMET DREDGING, held by US STEEL GRAND CALUMET RIVER DREDGING, holds NPDES permit IN0061077, which discharges to Lake Michigan Via Grand Calumet R. EPA’s file records it issued March 17, 2017 and expiring May 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 | US GRAND CALUMET DREDGING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | US STEEL GRAND CALUMET RIVER DREDGING |
| NPDES ID | IN0061077 |
| 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 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Gary, IN 46401 |
| Receiving water | LAKE MICHIGAN VIA GRAND CALUMET R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Grand Calumet River (HUC 071200030406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2011 | 62% over the limit |
| Fluorene | 4 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 117% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 47% over the limit |
| Thallium, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aniline | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthenic acid | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Methylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibenzofuran | 4 | 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 IN0061077.
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.