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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0039306

CHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP, Chrisney, IN: NPDES IN0039306 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0039306, which discharges to Little Pigeon Cr To The Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued April 9, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025.

CHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP, Chrisney, Indiana: Individual permit IN0039306; Publicly owned treatment works; Effective; issued April 9, 2020, term to May 31, 2025, by IDEM; discharges to LITTLE PIGEON CR TO THE OHIO RIVER.

  • Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 67 violations of any kind, 57 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 417% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 34 violations of any kind, 29 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2021, largest 22% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 52 violations of any kind, 28 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2013, largest 950% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 26 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2009.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 51,389% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 37 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2024, largest 175% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2009, largest 219% over the limit.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2018, largest 112% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 10 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.
  • BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • July 20, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 393 were issued before IN0039306.

Coverages issued nearest IN0039306

CHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Wires Ditch-Little Pigeon Creek subwatershed (HUC 051402010908), IN0039306 among them. Its county holds 30, 3 of them major permits; IN0039306 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Wires Ditch-Little Pigeon Creek subwatershed (HUC 051402010908)

Identity

Facility as filedCHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP
Permittee as filedCHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP
NPDES IDIN0039306
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 9, 2020
Expiration dateMay 31, 2025
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressChrisney, IN 47611
Receiving waterLITTLE PIGEON CR TO THE OHIO RIVER
SubwatershedWires Ditch-Little Pigeon Creek (HUC 051402010908)

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
Chlorine, total residual46757October 31, 2025417% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]23429July 31, 202122% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]85228December 31, 2013950% over the limit
pH23626August 31, 2009
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]32723July 31, 202551,389% over the limit
Solids, total suspended83713January 31, 2024175% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]83612May 31, 2009219% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal031February 28, 2018112% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1100
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant040
Flow, total120
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal020
Number of Events210

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0039306.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 20, 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 IN0039306.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit IN0039306 for the CHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP in Chrisney, IN, which discharges to Little Pigeon Cr To The Ohio River and falls within the Wires Ditch-Little Pigeon Creek subwatershed (HUC 051402010908). The page lists the permit as Effective, a Minor Discharger class facility, with 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 13 pollutants on file.