Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING340053
EAST CHICAGO STATION NORCO, East Chicago, IN: NPDES ING340053 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAST CHICAGO STATION NORCO, held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS, E. CHICAGO, holds NPDES permit ING340053, which discharges to Lake Michigan Via Lake George Canal. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2006 and expiring August 31, 2011. 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 | EAST CHICAGO STATION NORCO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BUCKEYE TERMINALS, E. CHICAGO |
| NPDES ID | ING340053 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 15, 2006 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2011 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | East Chicago, IN 46312 |
| Receiving water | LAKE MICHIGAN VIA LAKE GEORGE 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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Volatile compounds, [GC/MS] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ING340053.
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 ING340053.
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.