Facilities / Brightmark Plastics Ashley
Brightmark Plastics Ashley delayed
- Operator
- Brightmark (Brightmark Plastics Ashley OpCo LLC)
- Location
- Ashley, Steuben County, IN
- Type
- pyrolysis
- First seen
- 2026-07-23
Current state as of
- No change found in the 09-10 sweep; IDEM all-regions notices read in full, no active Brightmark Ashley notice.
- IDEM Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment permit INP000663 minor renewal finalized, notice dated 2026-08-05 (per the 09-03 sweep); new expiration date not yet captured for the renewal calendar (IWP terms typically 5 years).
- Plastics-to-fuel processing paused since early August 2026 pending a company evaluation of the technology after Chapter 11; the rest of the facility keeps running (per the 08-30 brief).
Set by report 2026-09-03-sweep
Open deadlines
None listed.
Sources (2)
| Date found | Kind | Title | Note | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | agency | IDEM public notice 20260805: final IWP permit INP000663 issued | Final permit; describes the facility as manufacturing liquid petroleum products from end-of-life plastics. | 2026-09-03-sweep |
| 2026-08-06 | agency | IDEM public notice: draft IWP permit renewal INP000663 (comments due 2026-07-06) | Draft renewal; four daily-max exceedances May-Dec 2025 (total cyanide x3, chloride x1); prior expiration 2026-07-31. | 2026-08-06-sweep |