Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0129003
U. S. S. SEAMLESS TUBULAR OPERATIONS, LLC, LORAIN, Lorain, OH: NPDES OH0129003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
U. S. S. SEAMLESS TUBULAR OPERATIONS, LLC, LORAIN, held by US Steel Corp Tubular Products Div, holds NPDES permit OH0129003. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2028. 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 | U. S. S. SEAMLESS TUBULAR OPERATIONS, LLC, LORAIN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | US Steel Corp Tubular Products Div |
| NPDES ID | OH0129003 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 20, 2023 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2028 |
| Address | Lorain, OH 44055 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Black River (HUC 041100010602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 34With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 7 | 5 | November 30, 2010 | 649% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 14 | 4 | November 30, 2011 | 19% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 6 | 2 | July 31, 2026 | 159% over the limit |
| Mercury, total low level | 16 | 57 | 1 | July 31, 2024 | 69% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 9 | 1 | October 31, 2013 | 73% over the limit |
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2019 | 9% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 3 | 4 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 91% over the limit |
| Oxidants, total residual | 4 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 15 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 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 OH0129003.
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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