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Board extends Winona Powder Coating compliance deadline, adopts enforcement resolution for discharge metering
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved a May 1, 2027 compliance deadline for Winona Powder Coating and adopted Resolution 25-R-09 authorizing the compliance director to execute consent orders and levy fines for industrial discharge-metering noncompliance.
The Board of Public Works of the City of Elkhart on June 17 approved an extension to May 1, 2027 for Winona Powder Coating’s compliance deadline to install a discharge meter and adopted Resolution 25‑R‑09 empowering the compliance director to issue consent orders and assess fines for significant industrial users (SIUs) that fail to meet the city’s discharge‑metering requirements.
The action matters because the discharge‑meter mandate responds to state and federal enforcement expectations and affects the city’s industrial wastewater pretreatment program. Board staff said the requirement — and enforcement steps approved Monday — apply to existing SIUs that were previously not enforced, and that the city has notified industries it expects compliance by June 30, 2025 or to enter a signed consent order.
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