Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020575

LINTON WWTP, West Linton, IN: NPDES IN0020575 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LINTON WWTP, held by LINTON WWTP, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IN0020575, which discharges to Or/W Fk White River/Beehunter Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued February 5, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

LINTON WWTP, West Linton, Indiana: Individual permit IN0020575, held by LINTON WWTP, CITY OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 5, 2019, term to June 30, 2024, by IDEM; discharges to OR/W FK WHITE RIVER/BEEHUNTER DITCH; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2022, largest 50,460% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 68 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2011, largest 227% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 66 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2013, largest 281% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 65 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2014, largest 53% over the limit.
E. coli, MTEC-MF: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2000, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 32 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total recoverable: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Bypass valve: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 266 were issued before IN0020575. LINTON WWTP, CITY OF holds 2 permits in Indiana.

Other permits held by LINTON WWTP, CITY OF

LINTON WWTP, CITY OF, Linton: INL020575, issued January 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest IN0020575

January 11, 2019: FERDINAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Ferdinand, IN0020648, held by FERDINAND WWTP
January 11, 2019: HANOVER WWTP, Hanover, IN0020702
January 30, 2019: LYONS MUNICIPAL WWTP, Lyons, IN0023639, held by LYONS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
January 30, 2019: THRALLS STATION REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT, Vigo County, IN0109592, held by THRALLS STATION RSD (ST. MARY OF THE WOODS WWTP)
January 31, 2019: SANTA CLAUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Santa Claus, IN0020605, held by SANTA CLAUS WWTP, TOWN OF
February 5, 2019: DUPONT WWTP, Dupont, IN0022802
February 14, 2019: RIDGEVILLE WWTP, Ridgeville, IN0020001
February 14, 2019: FARMERSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Farmersburg, IN0021148
February 14, 2019: TIPTON WWTP, Tipton, IN0021474
February 14, 2019: CENTERVILLE WWTP, Centerville, IN0022535

LINTON WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202020602), IN0020575 among them. Its county holds 29, 1 of them major permits; IN0020575 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202020602)

GREENE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, Linton: INRA09633, minor permit, permit term to May 3, 2027
GREENE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL MRI ADDITION, Linton: INRA08621, minor permit, permit term to October 28, 2026
LINTON WWTP, CITY OF, Linton: INL020575, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
SJC LINTON SHELL, West Linton: ING080134, minor permit, discharging to W FK WHITE R VIA D.TO BEEHUNTER CR, permit term to December 31, 2010

Identity

Facility as filed	LINTON WWTP
Permittee as filed	LINTON WWTP, CITY OF
NPDES ID	IN0020575
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	February 5, 2019
Expiration date	June 30, 2024
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	West Linton, IN 47441
Receiving water	OR/W FK WHITE RIVER/BEEHUNTER DITCH
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Buck Creek (HUC 051202020602)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
5With 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
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	32	12	July 31, 2022	50,460% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	68	10	November 30, 2011	227% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	66	4	April 30, 2013	281% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	65	3	May 31, 2014	53% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF	0	2	1	October 31, 2000	99,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	32	0
pH	2	31	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	15	0
Flow, total	1	10	0
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	0	7	0
Mercury, total recoverable	0	5	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	2	0
Bypass valve	0	1	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	0	0
Number of Events	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0020575.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0020575.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IN0020575.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0020575 for LINTON WWTP in West Linton, IN, a major discharger that is administratively continued after its June 30, 2024 expiration date. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued February 5, 2019 and discharging to OR/W FK WHITE RIVER/BEEHUNTER DITCH in the Buck Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202020602).