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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0004391

HOOSIER ENERGY REC INC - FRANK E RATTS STATION, Petersburg, IN: NPDES IN0004391 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOOSIER ENERGY REC INC - FRANK E RATTS STATION, held by HOOSIER ENERGY - FRANK E RATTS GEN STATION, holds NPDES permit IN0004391, which discharges to W Fk White R To White R To Wabash R. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedHOOSIER ENERGY REC INC - FRANK E RATTS STATION
Permittee as filedHOOSIER ENERGY - FRANK E RATTS GEN STATION
NPDES IDIN0004391
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 31, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressPetersburg, IN 47567
Receiving waterW FK WHITE R TO WHITE R TO WABASH R
SubwatershedLick Creek-White River (HUC 051202021001)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler IND077865806

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Iron, total recoverable82222December 31, 20152,420% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit01212February 28, 201515% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8127December 31, 2021214% over the limit
pH8136August 31, 2014
Copper, total recoverable055April 30, 2013821% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method022January 31, 2016792% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant880
Oil & Grease050
Mercury, total recoverable020
Flow, total410
Storm water flow010
Sulfate, total [as SO4]800
Zinc, total recoverable800

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0004391.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0004391 for HOOSIER ENERGY REC INC - FRANK E RATTS STATION in Petersburg, IN, which discharges to W Fk White R To White R To Wabash R and is administratively continued. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.