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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000198

KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC, Kewanna, IN: NPDES INP000198 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC, held by KEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES, INC, holds NPDES permit INP000198, which discharges to Kewanna Stp. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2016 and expiring October 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 filedKEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES INC
Permittee as filedKEWANNA METAL SPECIALTIES, INC
NPDES IDINP000198
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 12, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2021
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressKewanna, IN 46939
Receiving waterKEWANNA STP

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Copper, total recoverable4334June 30, 202092% over the limit
pH2440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2430
Cyanide, total [as CN]4290
Nickel, total recoverable4290
Silver total recoverable4290
Zinc, total recoverable4290
Cadmium, total recoverable4290
Lead, total recoverable4290
Chromium, total recoverable4290
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]2110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000198.

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.