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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0022896

TOWN OF FORT BRANCH WWTP, Fort Branch, IN: NPDES IN0022896 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOWN OF FORT BRANCH WWTP, held by FORT BRANCH WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0022896, which discharges to Pigeon Cr (W Fk) To Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 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 filedTOWN OF FORT BRANCH WWTP
Permittee as filedFORT BRANCH WWTP
NPDES IDIN0022896
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
IssuedMay 12, 2017
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2022
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressFort Branch, IN 47648
Receiving waterPIGEON CR (W FK) TO OHIO RIVER
SubwatershedWest Fork Creek (HUC 051402020103)
SIC4952 – 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

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]87822July 31, 20262,424% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual44314May 31, 2026567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended87013February 28, 2019128% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8608July 31, 20181,360% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2183July 31, 20267% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]3171May 31, 202155% over the limit
pH2260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1150
Flow, total1120
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant020
Number of Events200

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 IN0022896.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0022896 for the TOWN OF FORT BRANCH WWTP in Fort Branch, IN, held by FORT BRANCH WWTP, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued May 12, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022.