Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021229
WOLCOTTVILLE WWTP, Valentine, IN: NPDES IN0021229 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
WOLCOTTVILLE WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0021229, which discharges to Elkhart R (Little) To St Joseph R. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 | WOLCOTTVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WOLCOTTVILLE WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0021229 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Valentine, IN 46795 |
| Receiving water | ELKHART R (LITTLE) TO ST JOSEPH R |
| Subwatershed | Dallas Lake-Little Elkhart Creek (HUC 040500011502) |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 106 | 102 | May 31, 2022 | 811% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 42 | 38 | August 31, 2017 | 47% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 43 | 34 | July 31, 2020 | 207% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 82 | 19 | August 31, 2017 | 1,130% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 1 | 21 | 19 | March 31, 2023 | 282% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2018 | 477% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 5 | 4 | June 30, 2021 | 135% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | August 31, 2015 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2018 | 40% over the limit |
| Number of Events | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 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 IN0021229.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | S |
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 IN0021229.
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.