Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000138
NUCOR FASTENER DIVISION, Saint Joe, IN: NPDES INP000138 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR FASTENER DIVISION holds NPDES permit INP000138, which discharges to St Joe/Spencerville Rsd (St. Joe River). EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2016 and expiring August 31, 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 | NUCOR FASTENER DIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NUCOR FASTENER DIVISION |
| NPDES ID | INP000138 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 17, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Saint Joe, IN 46785 |
| Receiving water | ST JOE/SPENCERVILLE RSD (ST. JOE RIVER) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 6 | November 30, 2022 | 1,531% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 6 | 4 | September 30, 2003 | 80% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 419% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 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 INP000138.
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.