Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020109
GREENFIELD WWTP, Greenfield, IN: NPDES IN0020109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREENFIELD WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020109, which discharges to Or/E Fk White/Big Blue/Brandywine C. EPA’s file records it issued July 3, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GREENFIELD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREENFIELD WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0020109 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 3, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Greenfield, IN 46140 |
| Receiving water | OR/E FK WHITE/BIG BLUE/BRANDYWINE C |
| Subwatershed | Richey Ditch-Brandywine Creek (HUC 051202040302) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 32With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 62 | 54 | March 31, 2026 | 461% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 46 | 46 | June 30, 2026 | 26,794% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 51 | 43 | July 31, 2020 | 1,069% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 37 | 37 | June 30, 2026 | 486% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 19 | 11 | May 31, 2023 | 105% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 5 | September 30, 2019 | 79% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 5 | 5 | April 30, 2023 | 333% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2019 | 25% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | 1,185% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 1999 | 4% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2001 | 92% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2001 | 50% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0020109.
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 October 14, 2026.