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Plants facing new discharge limits — by state and pollutant

for Nickel, total recoverable: 6 plants hold a permit with a new or tighter discharge limit already written into it, taking effect between Apr 1, 2027 and Aug 1, 2029 (12 limits); 1 of them reported a median above that limit between Oct 1, 2025 and Sep 30, 2026. EPA's file of Oct 16, 2026.

By state: IN 2 · CA 1 · CO 1 · NJ 1 · OH 1

By pollutant: all · Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] 526 · Chlorine, total residual 272 · Phosphorus, total [as P] 106 · E. coli 103 · Copper, total [as Cu] 85 · Copper, total recoverable 63 · Solids, total suspended 60 · Chloride [as Cl] 56 · BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] 48 · Zinc, total [as Zn] 39 · Zinc, total recoverable 36 · BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C 35 · pH 31 · Cyanide, free available 30 · Nitrogen, total [as N] 28 · Iron, total [as Fe] 22 · Mercury, total [as Hg] 22 · Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia 22 · Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] 21 · Selenium, total [as Se] 20 · Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] 19 · E. coli, MTEC-MF 19 · Mercury, total low level 19 · Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia 18 · Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] 18

PlantPermitStateTypeDesign flowParameterNew limitEffectiveToday's median× limit
State of California Department of Parks and RecreationCA0085332CAIndustrial—Nickel, total recoverablemonthly average 14 ug/L, tighterOct 13, 202738 ug/L (6 values)2.71×
State of California Department of Parks and RecreationCA0085332CAIndustrial—Nickel, total recoverabledaily maximum 26 ug/L, tighterOct 13, 202738 ug/L (6 values)1.46×
TimkenSteel Corp. - Canton WWTPOH0004219OHIndustrial, major—Nickel, total recoverablemonthly average 151 ug/L, tighterApr 1, 202736 ug/L (11 values)0.238×
TimkenSteel Corp. - Canton WWTPOH0004219OHIndustrial, major—Nickel, total recoverablemonthly average 2 kg/d, tighterApr 1, 20270.27 kg/d (11 values)0.135×
RELIABLE PAPER RECYCLINGNJ0246611NJIndustrial—Nickel, total recoverabledaily maximum 74 ug/L, newMar 1, 2028under 3 values—
RELIABLE PAPER RECYCLINGNJ0246611NJIndustrial—Nickel, total recoverabledaily maximum 74 ug/L, newMar 1, 2028under 3 values—
RELIABLE PAPER RECYCLINGNJ0246611NJIndustrial—Nickel, total recoverabledaily maximum 74 ug/L, newMar 1, 2028under 3 values—
TMR IncCO0049074COIndustrial—Nickel, total recoverablerolling average 238 ug/L, newMay 1, 2028under 3 values—
IPALCO - PETERSBURG GEN STATIONIN0002887INIndustrial, major340 MGDNickel, total recoverablemonthly average 0.1 mg/L, newJun 1, 20280.002 mg/L (11 values)0.02×
IPALCO - PETERSBURG GEN STATIONIN0002887INIndustrial, major340 MGDNickel, total recoverabledaily maximum 0.17 mg/L, newJun 1, 20280.002 mg/L (11 values)0.0118×
NEW CASTLE WWTPIN0023914INSewage plant, major10 MGDNickel, total recoverabledaily maximum 0.3 mg/L, newAug 1, 20290.0055 mg/L (4 values)0.0183×
NEW CASTLE WWTPIN0023914INSewage plant, major10 MGDNickel, total recoverablemonthly average 0.15 mg/L, newAug 1, 2029under 3 values—

Each limit is one EPA's ICIS-NPDES file holds on the permit's current version with a begin date after today, enforceable and numeric, either on a parameter the outfall was never limited on (new) or lower than the limit in force (tighter). Today's median is the plant's own reported values for the same outfall, statistic and unit between Oct 1, 2025 and Sep 30, 2026, with how many; none is shown where most were below a detection limit. Read the permit before relying on a value.

Sell to these plants? The list for your states every week, with every plant over a limit on your pollutant, as a spreadsheet, by API and by email when a new one appears: ask for the plant list, or write to info@passage-data.com. What a seller gets.

For programs and AI agents: a state's permits with these limits as JSON at /api/v1/permits?state=OH&upcoming=true, narrowed with &facility_type=potw or &min_flow_mgd=1; the whole list at /dmr/data/upcoming.json; or add https://passage-data.com/mcp as a remote MCP server (tool list_permits). Free, no key. llms.txt

From EPA's ECHO data, not the permit document itself: your permit is the final word. All states