Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0063355
SCP EAST CHICAGO LLC, East Chicago, IN: NPDES IN0063355 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCP EAST CHICAGO LLC, held by ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC INDIANA HARBOR LONG CARBON, holds NPDES permit IN0063355, which discharges to Lake Michigan Via Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. EPA’s file records it issued November 10, 2016 and expiring November 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 | SCP EAST CHICAGO LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC INDIANA HARBOR LONG CARBON |
| NPDES ID | IN0063355 |
| 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 | November 10, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | East Chicago, IN 46312 |
| Receiving water | LAKE MICHIGAN VIA INDIANA HARBOR SHIP CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Calumet River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400010603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 17 | 6 | January 31, 2015 | 314% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2015 | 265% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 12 | 1 | April 30, 2016 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 12 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 49% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 8 | 6 | 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 IN0063355.
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.