Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021679

SUNMAN WWTP, Sunman, IN: NPDES IN0021679 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SUNMAN WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0021679, which discharges to Laughery Cr Via Ripley Creek Branch. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023.

SUNMAN WWTP, Sunman, Indiana: Individual permit IN0021679; 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 LAUGHERY CR VIA RIPLEY CREEK BRANCH.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 112 violations of any kind, 87 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 2,659% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 67 violations of any kind, 54 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2026, largest 52% over the limit.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 26,794% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 1,560% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2007, largest 12% over the limit.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

June 9, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
June 9, 2026: Evaluation (S).
June 9, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 240 were issued before IN0021679.

Coverages issued nearest IN0021679

October 4, 2018: PATOKA LAKE REGIONAL WATER & SEWER DISTRICT, Dubois, IN0052698
October 12, 2018: ZIONSVILLE WWTP, Zionsville, IN0036951
November 7, 2018: NEW PEKIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, New Pekin, IN0021059
November 7, 2018: CULVER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Culver, IN0021288
November 7, 2018: CLAYTON WWTP, Clayton, IN0021431
November 7, 2018: LAKEVILLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Lakeville, IN0023540
November 7, 2018: BEDFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Bedford, IN0025623
November 7, 2018: PIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69, Muncie, IN0031356
November 7, 2018: GOSPORT WWTP, Gosport, IN0040088, held by GOSPORT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
November 7, 2018: BRYANT WWTP, Bryant, IN0055158

SUNMAN WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Headwaters Ripley Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902030503), IN0021679 among them. Its county holds 34, 0 of them major permits; IN0021679 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	SUNMAN WWTP
Permittee as filed	SUNMAN WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0021679
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	November 7, 2018
Expiration date	December 31, 2023
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Sunman, IN 47041
Receiving water	LAUGHERY CR VIA RIPLEY CREEK BRANCH
Subwatershed	Headwaters Ripley Creek (HUC 050902030503)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
7With 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	112	87	May 31, 2026	2,659% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	4	67	54	June 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	28	18	January 31, 2026	52% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	26	18	April 30, 2026	26,794% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	40	11	June 30, 2025	1,560% over the limit
pH	2	16	4	November 30, 2025
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	29	1	February 28, 2007	12% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	14	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	13	0
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	0	4	0
Flow, total	1	2	0
Number of Events	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

8Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 9, 2026	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
June 9, 2026	Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation	ST6
June 9, 2026	Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records	ST6
June 9, 2026	Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample	ST6
June 9, 2026	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
June 9, 2026	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
June 9, 2026	Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment	ST6
June 9, 2026	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 9, 2026	Evaluation	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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 9, 2026	Notice of Noncompliance Issued	State

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0021679 for SUNMAN WWTP in Sunman, IN, a publicly owned treatment works discharging to LAUGHERY CR VIA RIPLEY CREEK BRANCH, with the permit's status shown as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The figures listed are 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 12 pollutants in the effluent limits and exceedances section.