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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020133

GREENSBURG WWTP, Greensburg, IN: NPDES IN0020133 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GREENSBURG WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020133, which discharges to Or/E Fk White R/Sand Crk/Gas Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 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 filedGREENSBURG WWTP
Permittee as filedGREENSBURG WWTP
NPDES IDIN0020133
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 10, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressGreensburg, IN 47240
Receiving waterOR/E FK WHITE R/SAND CRK/GAS CREEK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGas Creek-Sand Creek (HUC 051202060301)
Program components on fileBiosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler INR000102475

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Nickel, total recoverable89488November 30, 2023282% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable44333March 31, 20011,150% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable43428March 31, 2025188% over the limit
Fluoride, total [as F]42723November 30, 2020138% over the limit
Solids, total suspended83216May 31, 2024200% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01616July 31, 19994,606% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]02412June 30, 2007122% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable41710July 31, 2002326% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8279January 31, 2009106% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]0129August 31, 1991920% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]0137September 30, 199539% over the limit
Mercury, total recoverable0126October 31, 20055,900% over the limit
Chromium, total recoverable4104February 28, 2013194% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia2103November 30, 2025300% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]073October 31, 199054% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]422May 31, 202423% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8171October 31, 2000108% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]391July 31, 202347% over the limit
pH271February 28, 2007
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia271May 31, 201340% over the limit
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]271September 30, 2024180% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]271September 30, 2024700% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]261July 31, 19945% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas021May 31, 201327% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant180
Cadmium, total recoverable460
Cadmium, total [as Cd]060
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
Chromium, total [as Cr]040
Copper, total [as Cu]040
Nickel, total [as Ni]040
Zinc, total [as Zn]040
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant030
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal030
Solids, suspended percent removal030
Flow, total120
Number of Events210
LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia010
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia010
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales010
Cyanide, free [as free]400
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]400

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 IN0020133.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0020133 for GREENSBURG WWTP in Greensburg, IN, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 24 pollutants under a numeric limit and 24 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.