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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021059

NEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, New Pekin, IN: NPDES IN0021059 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT holds NPDES permit IN0021059, which discharges to Blue R (S Fk) To Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023.

NEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, New Pekin, Indiana: Individual permit IN0021059; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 7, 2018, term to December 31, 2023, by IDEM; discharges to BLUE R (S FK) TO OHIO RIVER; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 18% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2022, largest 1,340% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2002, largest 48% over the limit.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2019, largest 2% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Streamflow: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Dilution factor: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 1 violation 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; 240 were issued before IN0021059.

Coverages issued nearest IN0021059

NEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the City of Pekin-South Fork Blue River subwatershed (HUC 051401040602), IN0021059 among them. Its county holds 24, 1 of them major permits; IN0021059 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the City of Pekin-South Fork Blue River subwatershed (HUC 051401040602)

Identity

Facility as filedNEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedNEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
NPDES IDIN0021059
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 7, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressNew Pekin, IN 47165
Receiving waterBLUE R (S FK) TO OHIO RIVER
SubwatershedCity of Pekin-South Fork Blue River (HUC 051401040602)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]42314March 31, 202618% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]22313March 31, 20221,340% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2123April 30, 200248% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]331April 30, 20192% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2120
Streamflow190
Chlorine, total residual480
pH280
Dilution factor150
Flow, total110
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant010
Number of Events200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0021059.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0021059.

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 IN0021059.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IN0021059 for the New Pekin Wastewater Treatment Plant in New Pekin, IN, which discharges to Blue R (S Fk) To Ohio River and is administratively continued. The page lists 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and a Minor discharger class, with the permit issued November 7, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023.