Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0000027
EMC ASHTABULA, INC, Ashtabula, OH: NPDES OH0000027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EMC ASHTABULA, INC, held by EMC Metals Inc, holds NPDES permit OH0000027, which discharges to Lake Erie. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2012 and expiring May 31, 2013. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | EMC ASHTABULA, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EMC Metals Inc |
| NPDES ID | OH0000027 |
| 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 | April 19, 2012 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2013 |
| Address | Ashtabula, OH 44004 |
| Receiving water | Lake Erie |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town of North Kingsville-Frontal Lake Erie (HUC 041201010606) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury, total low level | 4 | 192 | 178 | June 30, 2026 | 82,208% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 172 | 172 | May 31, 2026 | 506% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 27 | 27 | June 30, 2026 | 3,874% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 17 | 8 | August 31, 2024 | 245% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 8 | 8 | January 31, 2020 | 2,015% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2026 | 33% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2010 | 600% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2022 | 29% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity [severity] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 OH0000027.
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 15, 2026.