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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000633

MERIDIAN FOODS INC, Eaton, IN: NPDES INP000633 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MERIDIAN FOODS INC, held by MERIDIAN FOODS INC., holds NPDES permit INP000633, which discharges to Eaton Potw. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 filedMERIDIAN FOODS INC
Permittee as filedMERIDIAN FOODS INC.
NPDES IDINP000633
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
IssuedMay 24, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressEaton, IN 47338
Receiving waterEATON POTW
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed

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
pH2182July 31, 2018
Solids, total suspended2160
Oil and grease, hexane extr method2160
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2160
Phosphorus, total [as P]2160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2120

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 INP000633.

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.