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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0031356

PIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69, Muncie, IN: NPDES IN0031356 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69 holds NPDES permit IN0031356, which discharges to Pipe Cr Via Richards Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023.

PIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69, Muncie, Indiana: Individual permit IN0031356; 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 PIPE CR VIA RICHARDS DITCH.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 214 violations of any kind, 192 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2023, largest 11,900% over the limit.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 53 violations of any kind, 47 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2022, largest 79,474% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 19 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2009, largest 14,096% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2023, largest 28% over the limit.
  • E. coli, MTEC-MF: 0 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2001, largest 16,070% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2008.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • August 7, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 240 were issued before IN0031356.

Coverages issued nearest IN0031356

PIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Stem Run-Pipe Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202010402), IN0031356 among them. Its county holds 60, 2 of them major permits; IN0031356 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filedPIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69
Permittee as filedPIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69
NPDES IDIN0031356
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 7, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressMuncie, IN 47342
Receiving waterPIPE CR VIA RICHARDS DITCH
SubwatershedStem Run-Pipe Creek (HUC 051202010402)

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]8214192June 30, 202311,900% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]35347August 31, 202279,474% over the limit
Solids, total suspended85719May 31, 200914,096% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]22518June 30, 202328% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF01717June 30, 200116,070% over the limit
pH2191July 31, 2008
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8360
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1200
Flow, total140
Number of Events200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0031356.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 7, 2026EvaluationS

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 IN0031356.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0031356 for PIPE CREEK REST AREA I-69 in Muncie, IN, which discharges to Pipe Cr via Richards Ditch in the Stem Run-Pipe Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202010402). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.