Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0143081
FALCON FOUNDRY CO, Lowellville, OH: NPDES OH0143081 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FALCON FOUNDRY CO, held by Falcon Foundry Co, holds NPDES permit OH0143081, which discharges to Ut Of The Mahoning River. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 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 filed | FALCON FOUNDRY CO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Falcon Foundry Co |
| NPDES ID | OH0143081 |
| 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 | July 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2023 |
| Address | Lowellville, OH 44436 |
| Receiving water | Ut of the Mahoning River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Coffee Run-Mahoning River (HUC 050301030809) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 17 | 374 | 25 | May 31, 2021 | 1,352% over the limit |
| pH | 18 | 283 | 19 | June 30, 2021 | |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 6 | 56 | 1 | June 30, 2013 | 268% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 358 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 20 | 354 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 14 | 304 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate, instantaneous | 18 | 258 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 18 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 6 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 12 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 6 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lagoon freeboard | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 9 | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 4, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| December 4, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| December 4, 2019 | WW SSO - Failure to monitor | ST6 |
| December 4, 2019 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to properly install/implement BMPs | ST6 |
| December 4, 2019 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| December 4, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
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.