Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0039403
PALMYRA WWTP, Palmyra, IN: NPDES IN0039403 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALMYRA WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0039403, which discharges to Blue R Via Sinkhole (Cedar Spring). EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 filed | PALMYRA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PALMYRA WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0039403 |
| 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 | August 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Palmyra, IN 47164 |
| Receiving water | BLUE R VIA SINKHOLE (CEDAR SPRING) |
| Subwatershed | Palmyra Karst Area-South Fork Blue River (HUC 051401040605) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 188 | 160 | March 31, 2025 | 706% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 159 | 119 | February 28, 2026 | 1,131% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 115 | 83 | November 30, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 31 | 26 | July 31, 2026 | 930% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 15 | 9 | June 30, 2001 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 31 | 1 | January 31, 2022 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 1 | December 31, 2002 | 3% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0039403.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.