Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0036897

NEW PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, New Carlisle, IN: NPDES IN0036897 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NEW PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL holds NPDES permit IN0036897, which discharges to Um/Kankakee River/Unnamed Swale. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2001 and expiring August 31, 2006.

NEW PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, New Carlisle, Indiana: Individual permit IN0036897; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 26, 2001, term to August 31, 2006; discharges to UM/KANKAKEE RIVER/UNNAMED SWALE.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 181 violations of any kind, 165 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2009, largest 5,775% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 86 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2009, largest 91% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 89 violations of any kind, 85 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2008, largest 733% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 25 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2006, largest 283% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2001, largest 50% over the limit.
pH: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2006.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Bypass valve: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

NEW PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL among its neighbors

Its county holds 73, 3 of them major permits; IN0036897 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

AIRGAS USA LLC - NEW CARLISLE PLANT, New Carlisle: INJ063304, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2024
AM GENERAL, Mishawaka: INRA11581, minor permit, permit term to April 10, 2028
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC HIN3, South Bend: INRM03044, minor permit, discharging to Geyer Ditch, permit term to April 9, 2029
BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY INC - MISHAWAKA TEST LOOP, Mishawaka: IN0064564, minor permit, discharging to ST. JOSEPH R, permit term to October 31, 2022
BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY INCORPORATED MISHAWAKA TEST LOOP, Mishawaka: ING250074, minor permit, discharging to ST. JOSEPH RIVER, permit term to June 30, 2013
BLUEWATER THERMAL SOLUTIONS, South Bend: INRM03252, minor permit, permit term to December 23, 2030
BOC GASES, South Bend: INP000509, not classed
BODINE STATE FISH HATCHERY, Mishawaka: IN0049875, minor permit, discharging to ST JOSEPH R ABOVE TWIN BRANCH DAM, permit term to April 30, 2025
BROWN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, South Bend: INRA13156, minor permit, permit term to January 18, 2029
BUCKEYE GRANGER TERMINAL, Granger: INJ059455, minor permit, discharging to ST JOSEPH RIVER - INFILTRATION BSN, permit term to January 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	NEW PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL
Permittee as filed	NEW PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL
NPDES ID	IN0036897
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 26, 2001
Expiration date	August 31, 2006
Address	New Carlisle, IN 46552
Receiving water	UM/KANKAKEE RIVER/UNNAMED SWALE
SIC	8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
6With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	181	165	August 31, 2009	5,775% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	90	86	August 31, 2009	91% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	89	85	October 31, 2008	733% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	49	25	April 30, 2006	283% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	33	5	April 30, 2001	50% over the limit
pH	18	4	March 31, 2006
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	14	0
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	7	0
Bypass valve	1	0
Flow, total	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0036897.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0036897.

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 IN0036897.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit IN0036897 held by New Prairie High School in New Carlisle, Indiana, which discharges to the Um/Kankakee River/Unnamed Swale. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 0, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.